ASTM A514 Steel vs. Nickel 690
ASTM A514 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 A514 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 16 to 25 |