EN 1.5537 Steel vs. N06035 Nickel
EN 1.5537 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06035 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5537 steel and the bottom bar is N06035 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1760 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1030 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 63 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 52 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.33 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 32.3 to 34.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 7.6 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 51.1 to 60.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |