Nickel 601 vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 601 and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 8.0 to 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 400 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 580 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 230 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 86 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 140 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 66.5 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |