Nickel 718 vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while N08800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 4.5 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 150 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 340 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -110 | |
| -120 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 42 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 96 to 1740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 39.5 to 50.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| 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 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |