SAE-AISI 1086 Steel vs. N08221 Nickel
SAE-AISI 1086 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 28% 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1086 steel and the bottom bar is N08221 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 870 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 580 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 44 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 84 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 890 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.8 to 0.93 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 22 to 33.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |