SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. Grade N7M Nickel
SAE-AISI 1080 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel and the bottom bar is grade N7M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 590 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 84 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 920 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 60.9 to 70 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |