N06045 Nickel vs. EN 1.7244 Steel
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7244 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 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06045 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7244 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 470 to 1390 |
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 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 17 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 96.8 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 45 to 50.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |