Nickel 718 vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| 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 |