Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4415 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 EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 470 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 520 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 30 to 34 |