EN 1.6368 Steel vs. EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel
EN 1.6368 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 9.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 42.9 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |