EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4541 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.1 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 65.2 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42.9 to 51 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |