EN 1.6982 Stainless Steel vs. Grade N12MV Nickel
EN 1.6982 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6982 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 820 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.7 to 84.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 60.2 to 69.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |