ASTM A210 Steel vs. Nickel 690
ASTM A210 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A210 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 160 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 360 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 to 1470 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 to 53 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 to 8.1 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 to 46 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 250 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 to 25 |