EN 2.4654 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI S7 Steel
EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI S7 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 S7 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 670 to 2030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 65 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 24 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 22 to 66 |
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 | |
| 0.45 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 91.6 to 94.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |