Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 201 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 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 beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 4.6 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 280 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 450 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 650 to 1450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 300 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 61 to 340 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 23 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 14 to 32 |