Nickel 690 vs. SAE-AISI 1213 Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1213 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 SAE-AISI 1213 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 11 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 200 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 290 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 440 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 260 to 470 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 63 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 180 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 98.4 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.24 to 0.33 |