Grade N12MV Nickel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 309 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 34 to 47 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.2 to 69.8 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |