EN 1.5113 Steel vs. Monel 400
EN 1.5113 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5113 steel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 470 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 540 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 770 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 96 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 1570 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.5 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |