ASTM A283 Carbon Steel vs. Nickel 685
ASTM A283 carbon steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A283 carbon steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 140 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 26 to 34 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 480 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 260 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 to 53 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 91 to 180 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 37 |