EN 2.4654 Nickel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel
EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7383 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 2.4654 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7383 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 | |
| 350 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 560 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 300 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1810 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 94.3 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |