Nickel 890 vs. SAE-AISI A2 Steel
Nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI A2 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 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 890 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI A2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 710 to 2040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 47 | |
| 5.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 73 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 25 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 25 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23.5 to 28.5 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17.3 to 33.9 | |
| 89.4 to 93.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40 to 45 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| 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 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |