Nickel 200 vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 350 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 340 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |