EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 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 34 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |