EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 25% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| 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 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |