EN 1.5410 Steel vs. Nickel 617
EN 1.5410 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 617 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 617.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 44.5 to 62 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |