EN 2.4889 Nickel vs. AWS E90C-B9
EN 2.4889 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS E90C-B9 belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 2.4889 nickel and the bottom bar is AWS E90C-B9.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 91 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 84.4 to 90.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.85 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 45 to 50.4 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |