EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 470 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 520 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 790 |
| 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 | 11 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 75.9 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |