Nickel 685 vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 410Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 685 and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 20 | |
| 50 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 730 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1820 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.020 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |