Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1420 |
| 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 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 23 to 84 |