EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. N09777 Nickel
EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 N09777 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 30 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.4 to 86.7 | |
| 28.5 to 47.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.5 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 34 to 42 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |