EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |