EN 1.3523 Steel vs. Nickel 689
EN 1.3523 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3523 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 689.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 160 to 220 | |
350 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
80 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1460 | |
1250 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
330 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
990 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
450 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
70 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.5 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
11 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
330 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 52 | |
41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 36 | |
30 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 42 | |
35 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0.75 to 1.3 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.0030 to 0.010 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.22 | |
0.1 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
18 to 20 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
9.0 to 11 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.9 | |
0 to 5.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.1 to 1.4 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
9.0 to 10.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
48.3 to 60.9 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
2.3 to 2.8 |