Nickel 685 vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
Nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 20% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 685 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 4.8 |
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 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| 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 |