SAE-AISI 1038 Steel vs. Nickel 890
SAE-AISI 1038 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 1038 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, % | 14 to 20 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 390 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 640 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 540 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 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 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 790 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.42 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23.5 to 28.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.6 to 99.05 | |
| 17.3 to 33.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 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 |