SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. Nickel 689
SAE-AISI 5140 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 689.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 290 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 600 | |
| 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 970 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 840 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 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 | 49 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 180 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1880 | |
| 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 34 | |
| 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 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 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.8 |