Nickel 689 vs. EN 1.0038 Steel
Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.0038 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 689 and the bottom bar is EN 1.0038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 | |
| 240 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 | |
| 200 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 72 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1170 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 97.1 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 48.3 to 60.9 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.3 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |