Nickel 601 vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 9310 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 450 to 570 |
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 | |
| 48 |
| 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 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 540 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |