EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
EN 1.4301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 550 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |