Nickel 718 vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 64 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 17 to 21 |
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 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |