EN 1.4980 Stainless Steel vs. N08221 Nickel
EN 1.4980 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4980 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08221 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 630 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 680 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 44 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 40 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1180 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 58.5 | |
| 22 to 33.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 5.0 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |