Nickel 690 vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.0456 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |