N06045 Nickel vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7366 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 29% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06045 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7366 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 460 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 230 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 6.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 74 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 140 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| 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 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |