EN 1.0038 Steel vs. N10675 Nickel
EN 1.0038 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N10675 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 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 EN 1.0038 steel and the bottom bar is N10675 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 25 | |
| 47 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 160 | |
| 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 85 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 270 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 430 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 220 | |
| 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 210 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 72 to 88 | |
| 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 13 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 100 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 27 to 32 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 51.3 to 71 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.014 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |