Nickel 685 vs. SAE-AISI 4130 Steel
Nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4130 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 685 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4130 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 200 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 320 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 | |
| 340 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 530 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 440 to 980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 83 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1820 | |
| 500 to 2550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 19 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 16 to 31 |
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 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 97.3 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.6 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.020 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |