SAE-AISI 1046 Steel vs. Nickel 690
SAE-AISI 1046 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 17 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 390 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 450 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 740 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 610 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 95 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 990 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |