Grade N12MV Nickel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4568 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 2.3 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 830 to 1620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 330 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 36 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 290 to 5710 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 70.9 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.2 to 69.8 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |