MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 2.4816 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel

EN 2.4816 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4320 steel belongs to the iron alloys.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4816 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4320 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
160 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
21 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
73
Shear Strength, MPa 470
370 to 500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
570 to 790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
430 to 460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1370
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.8
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
3.4
Density, g/cm3 8.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 260
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
480 to 560
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
20 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
19 to 27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.1
0.17 to 0.22
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 17
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 6.0 to 10
95.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.45 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 72 to 80
1.7 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.3
0