EN 1.5805 Steel vs. Nickel 693
EN 1.5805 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 693 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5805 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 693.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1180 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 9.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.1 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 9.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 42 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 32 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 35 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 97.2 | |
| 2.5 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 53.3 to 67.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| 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 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |