EN 1.7221 Steel vs. Nickel 600
EN 1.7221 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 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 1.7221 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 390 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 780 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 630 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 98 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 to 1050 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 23 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 98.3 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |