EN 1.3558 Steel vs. N06058 Nickel
EN 1.3558 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3558 steel and the bottom bar is N06058 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 86 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 490 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.3 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.9 to 4.3 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.7 to 77.6 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 52.2 to 61 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |