Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 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 S20910 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 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 17 to 21 |