Monel 400 vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 Monel 400 and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 40 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 490 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 780 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 590 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1080 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28 to 34 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 72 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.024 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |