Nickel 600 vs. SAE-AISI 1035 Steel
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1035 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 SAE-AISI 1035 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 210 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 360 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 570 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 300 to 530 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 79 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 250 to 740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 18 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 98.6 to 99.08 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |