Nickel 689 vs. SAE-AISI 1070 Steel
Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1070 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 SAE-AISI 1070 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 190 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 21 | |
| 34 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 | |
| 380 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 640 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 | |
| 420 to 560 |
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 | |
| 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 59 to 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1170 | |
| 470 to 850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 21 to 25 |
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 | |
| 0.65 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 48.3 to 60.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.3 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |