SAE-AISI T1 Steel vs. Nickel 625
SAE-AISI T1 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T1 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2130 | |
| 790 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 64 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 40 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 64 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.65 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.2 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 58 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.3 to 18.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |