EN 1.5507 Steel vs. Nickel 689
EN 1.5507 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5507 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 689.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 260 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 58 to 72 | |
| 21 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 880 | |
| 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 31 | |
| 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.21 to 0.25 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.7 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 48.3 to 60.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 2.3 to 2.8 |