Nickel 625 vs. SAE-AISI H41 Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H41 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 625 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H41 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 710 to 2210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1560 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 97 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 24 to 76 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 22 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 20 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 3.5 to 4.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 81.8 to 85 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 8.2 to 9.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 2.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |