EN 2.4668 Nickel vs. EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4668 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.3967 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4668 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 590 | |
| 240 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 14 | |
| 74 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1390 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1160 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3490 | |
| 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0020 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 20 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.2 to 24.6 | |
| 50.3 to 57.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.7 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |