EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 690
EN 1.4477 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 23 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 490 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 580 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 930 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
| 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 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 940 to 1290 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 33 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 27 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.6 to 63.6 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.8 to 7.5 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| 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 |