EN 2.4654 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 52100 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1810 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 19 to 61 |
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 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| 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 |