Nickel 890 vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
Nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 890 and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 9.0 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 170 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 370 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 47 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 77 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 93 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23.5 to 28.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17.3 to 33.9 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40 to 45 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |