Grade N12MV Nickel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5502 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 1.5502 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
12 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
190 to 290 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
400 to 1380 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
270 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
41 to 210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
200 to 520 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
14 to 49 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
15 to 35 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
12 to 40 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
0.15 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
98 to 99.249 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 60.2 to 69.8 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
0 |