N06045 Nickel vs. AWS E385
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS E385 belongs to the iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06045 nickel and the bottom bar is AWS E385.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 5.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 79 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 36 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 19.5 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 41.8 to 50.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.2 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 45 to 50.4 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |