Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 420 to 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 25 to 62 |