SAE-AISI 1117 Steel vs. N06255 Nickel
SAE-AISI 1117 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1117 steel and the bottom bar is N06255 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 26 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 330 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 540 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 110 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 550 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.14 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.8 | |
| 6.0 to 24 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 52 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.69 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |