EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 689
EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 689.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 80 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.4 to 86.7 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 48.3 to 60.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.8 |