EN 1.0314 Steel vs. Nickel 242
EN 1.0314 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 242 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0314 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 242.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 25 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 220 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 250 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 400 | |
| 820 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 310 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 87 | |
| 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 to 250 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 13 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.365 to 99.78 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 59.3 to 69 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |