EN 1.5522 Steel vs. Nickel 601
EN 1.5522 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 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 1.5522 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1490 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 520 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 250 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 720 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 44 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.9 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| 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 0.015 |