Nickel 625 vs. EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4104 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 1.4104 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 320 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 400 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 350 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
| 77 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 310 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 22 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.1 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 78.8 to 84.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| 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 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |