EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 600
EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| 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 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |