N06045 Nickel vs. ASTM A231 Spring Steel
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ASTM A231 spring steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 25% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06045 nickel and the bottom bar is ASTM A231 spring steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 1000 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 1790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 1570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 45 to 50.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |