EN 2.4608 Nickel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
EN 2.4608 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7725 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 2.4608 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 390 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 830 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 610 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 980 to 1940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.4 to 23.8 | |
| 95.7 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44 to 47 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |