EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. Monel K-500
EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 260 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |