Nickel 690 vs. EN 1.5520 Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5520 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 1.5520 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
120 to 170 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
11 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
210 to 300 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
290 to 340 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
410 to 1410 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
300 to 480 |
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 | |
50 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
42 to 230 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
240 to 600 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
15 to 50 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
16 to 36 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
12 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0.15 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
97.7 to 98.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.9 to 1.2 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.025 |