Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 202 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 202 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 202 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 290 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 490 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 700 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 310 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1360 |
| 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 | |
| 2.4 |
| 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 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 250 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 15 to 21 |