EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601
EN 1.4477 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 23 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 490 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 580 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 930 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 20 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 940 to 1290 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 33 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 27 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.6 to 63.6 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.8 to 7.5 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |