EN 1.6554 Steel vs. Nickel 601
EN 1.6554 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |