Nickel 601 vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |