Nickel 908 vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 431 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 908 and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1340 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 930 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 4.2 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2340 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 61 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.6 to 44.6 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 51 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.7 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |