Nickel 684 vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7703 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 684 and the bottom bar is EN 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 310 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1190 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 800 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1610 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 20 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 13 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42.7 to 64 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.5 to 3.3 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |