EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 686
EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 686 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 686.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 2.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 82.7 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 49.5 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.25 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.4 |