Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S46500 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 S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 550 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 730 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| 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 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 44 to 67 |