EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel vs. N08120 Nickel
EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08120 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 79 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 7.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 76 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 7.2 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 3.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.4 to 92.3 | |
| 21 to 41.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 35 to 39 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |