EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel vs. Grade M30H Nickel
EN 1.4571 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade M30H nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4571 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade M30H nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 61 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1250 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 75 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 820 | |
| 700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 5.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.7 to 71 | |
| 0 to 3.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 57.9 to 70.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |