Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S13800 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 S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 33 to 58 |