Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 58 to 63 |