SAE-AISI 1065 Steel vs. Nickel 689
SAE-AISI 1065 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 689 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 1065 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 689.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 230 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 340 | |
| 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 51 | |
| 21 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 470 | |
| 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 780 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 550 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 90 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 to 820 | |
| 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.7 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.8 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 48.3 to 60.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.8 |