Nickel 625 vs. EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4024 stainless 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 625 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4024 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 320 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
| 98 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 280 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.12 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 83.8 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
| 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 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |