Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 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 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.6 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 16 to 23 |