EN 1.5503 Steel vs. Monel 400
EN 1.5503 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5503 steel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 280 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 320 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 520 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 430 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 81 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 490 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.239 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |