EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel
EN 1.4021 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4879 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4879 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 9.4 to 20.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |