SAE-AISI 8740 Steel vs. Nickel 684
SAE-AISI 8740 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 684 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 8740 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 684.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 200 | |
| 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 400 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 670 | |
| 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 120 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 390 to 850 | |
| 1610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.7 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 42.7 to 64 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |