Nickel 601 vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4913 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 26% 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 320 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 550 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 480 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 700 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 600 to 1860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 31 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 84.5 to 88.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |