N06007 Nickel vs. EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel
N06007 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4640 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 N06007 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 38 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 440 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 620 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 240 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.030 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 23.5 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.3 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 67.4 to 73.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36.1 to 51.1 | |
| 5.5 to 6.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0.030 to 0.11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |