Nickel 690 vs. EN 1.6580 Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6580 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 1.6580 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 220 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 11 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 310 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 450 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 720 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 460 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 450 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 560 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 26 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 21 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.26 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| 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 0.035 |