SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. Nickel 890
SAE-AISI 1010 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 26% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 890.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 31 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 47 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 93 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 290 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23.5 to 28.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.18 to 99.62 | |
| 17.3 to 33.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 40 to 45 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |