MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S30601 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4851 nickel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 430
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1200
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 49
20
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.1
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 25
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 7.7 to 18
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.013
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0