SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. Nickel 601
SAE-AISI D2 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 27% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 1160 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.1 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |