Nickel 689 vs. EN 1.5535 Steel
Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5535 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 689 and the bottom bar is EN 1.5535 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 | |
| 320 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 450 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 | |
| 300 to 500 |
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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 1.9 |
| 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 | |
| 45 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1170 | |
| 240 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 | |
| 16 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 17 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 13 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 97.6 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 48.3 to 60.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.3 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |