EN 1.7362 Steel vs. EN 2.4856 Nickel
EN 1.7362 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4856 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4856 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 58 to 68.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |