EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel
EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 302 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4889 cast nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 4.5 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 210 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 580 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 230 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1160 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 59 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 140 to 3070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10.5 to 21.2 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42 to 46 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |