EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 600
EN 1.4421 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 29% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 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 1.4421 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1100 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 950 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 960 to 2270 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 80.5 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |