EN 2.4654 Nickel vs. EN 1.1118 Cast Steel
EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.1118 cast steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4654 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1118 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 14 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 320 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 700 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 460 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 97 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1810 | |
| 550 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 97.3 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |