AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
AISI 440C stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440C stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
| 750 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |