EN 1.1158 Steel vs. Nickel 685
EN 1.1158 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1158 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 500 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 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 | 49 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 250 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 99.38 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |