EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 908
EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 1.4740 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 908.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 4.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 2.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 82.7 | |
| 35.6 to 44.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 47 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.3 |
| 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 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |