EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4320 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4320 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 370 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 570 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 430 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 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 | 11 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 52 |
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 | |
| 480 to 560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 19 to 27 |
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 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 95.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |