Nickel 200 vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 350 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 340 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 19 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -150 | |
| -50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 to 370 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| 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 |