EN 1.1158 Steel vs. Nickel 690
EN 1.1158 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 24 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 500 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 49 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 250 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 99.38 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |