Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 403 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 20 to 29 |