Nickel 600 vs. EN 1.1170 Steel
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.1170 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is EN 1.1170 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 220 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 640 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 330 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 91 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 290 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.25 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 96.7 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |