Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 422 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 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 33 to 39 |