EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4879 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 2.4879 cast nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 7.4 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 210 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 590 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 230 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 99 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 130 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.4 to 20.7 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 50 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |