EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 22 |
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 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |