Nickel 625 vs. ASTM Grade HC Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ASTM grade HC steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 27% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 625 and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HC steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
| 6.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 320 | |
| 96 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 61.9 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |