MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI 1049 Steel vs. N06058 Nickel

SAE-AISI 1049 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1049 steel and the bottom bar is N06058 nickel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
220
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 400
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
86
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 450
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 750
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370 to 640
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1540
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1490
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
9.8
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
70
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
13
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 75 to 99
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370 to 1090
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 27
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
2.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 24
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0.46 to 0.53
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 23
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 98.5 to 98.9
0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
19 to 21
Nickel (Ni), % 0
52.2 to 61
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.020 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.3