Nickel 718 vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 32% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 420 to 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |