AWS BNi-9 vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
AWS BNi-9 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BNi-9 and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 3.3 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16.5 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 77.1 to 83.3 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |