Nickel 625 vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 24% 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 (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 625 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 320 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 61.2 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |