Nickel 690 vs. EN 1.7216 Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7216 steel belongs to the iron alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 410 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 650 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 2.4 |
| 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 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 97.2 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |