EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 9310 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 540 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 24 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 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |