Nickel 601 vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 36% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 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 S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |