EN 2.4951 Nickel vs. EN 1.0108 Steel
EN 2.4951 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.0108 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4951 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0108 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 97.5 to 99.98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 65.4 to 81.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |