Nickel 625 vs. EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4107 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 625 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4107 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 320 | |
| 260 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 400 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
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 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 420 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 83.8 to 87.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |