Nickel 601 vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6570 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |