Nickel 200 vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 350 | |
| 170 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 340 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 16 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -150 | |
| -80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 to 370 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |