Nickel 825 vs. EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel
Nickel 825 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4530 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 825 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 1030 to 1370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 41 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 36 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 35 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22 to 37.9 | |
| 74.4 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 46 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0.28 to 0.37 |