EN 1.3541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel
EN 1.3541 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4889 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 32.5 to 37.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.4 to 87.5 | |
| 10.5 to 21.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 42 to 46 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |