Nickel 685 vs. EN 1.8522 Steel
Nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.8522 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 685 and the bottom bar is EN 1.8522 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 730 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 470 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 26 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 21 to 36 |
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 | |
| 0.29 to 0.36 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 93.7 to 96 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.020 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |