Nickel 600 vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 410Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 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 600 and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 730 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |