Nickel 908 vs. SAE-AISI 1552 Steel
Nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1552 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 SAE-AISI 1552 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 | |
| 290 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 460 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1340 | |
| 760 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 930 | |
| 460 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 81 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2340 | |
| 560 to 1130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 61 | |
| 26 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.47 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.6 to 44.6 | |
| 97.9 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |