EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 200
EN 1.4640 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 200.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 120 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 460 | |
| 300 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 650 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 260 | |
| 120 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 to 260 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 170 | |
| 42 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.4 to 73.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 6.9 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |