EN 1.6368 Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
EN 1.6368 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy 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 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
2.0 to 40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
220 to 400 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.31 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 430 | |
420 to 630 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
620 to 1100 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
440 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
60 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
10 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
210 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
22 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
190 to 2840 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
12 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
19 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
18 to 27 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
9.5 to 17.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
3.5 to 6.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
79 to 82 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.020 |