Nickel 890 vs. EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel
Nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 890 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 47 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23.5 to 28.5 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17.3 to 33.9 | |
| 80.4 to 86.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40 to 45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| 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 |