EN 1.5535 Steel vs. N06255 Nickel
EN 1.5535 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5535 steel and the bottom bar is N06255 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 22 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1490 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 500 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 250 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 680 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 44 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 98.9 | |
| 6.0 to 24 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 52 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.69 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |