EN 2.4951 Nickel vs. EN 1.3549 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4951 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.3549 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 1.3549 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 5.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.85 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 77.5 to 82 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 65.4 to 81.7 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |