EN 1.5537 Steel vs. Nickel 686
EN 1.5537 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 686 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5537 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 686.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1760 | |
| 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 63 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 52 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.33 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.5 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.25 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.4 |