EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 19 to 46 |