EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. N06110 Nickel
EN 1.4104 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06110 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N06110 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 53 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 450 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 51 to 62 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 4.0 |