Nickel 600 vs. EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4371 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 29% 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 (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 45 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 320 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 66.7 to 74.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |