Nickel 601 vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |