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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601

EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
49
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20 to 25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
58 to 63
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0