Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 30 to 50 |