EN 1.3558 Steel vs. N07773 Nickel
EN 1.3558 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N07773 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 24% 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 (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3558 steel and the bottom bar is N07773 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 490 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.9 to 4.3 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.7 to 77.6 | |
| 0 to 32 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 2.5 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 45 to 60 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 6.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 to 6.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |