EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
EN 1.4568 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4568 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, % | 2.3 to 21 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 930 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1620 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 1490 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 5.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 5.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 140 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 5710 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 58 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 40 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 19 to 46 |