EN 1.6311 Steel vs. Nickel 59
EN 1.6311 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6311 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 59.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
220 |
Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
50 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
320 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
84 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
560 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
780 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 490 | |
350 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
330 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
990 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1500 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1450 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
430 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
10 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
65 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
12 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
160 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
310 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
320 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
280 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
2.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.4 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.23 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
22 to 24 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 98 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.6 | |
15 to 16.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
56.2 to 62.9 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |