EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. N10624 Nickel
EN 1.4594 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N10624 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N10624 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 490 to 620 | |
| 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1170 | |
| 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 810 to 1140 | |
| 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1520 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1660 to 3320 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 39 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 79.5 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 53.9 to 68 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |