N06045 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 5130 Steel
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 5130 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 26 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 SAE-AISI 5130 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 310 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 500 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 330 to 530 |
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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 74 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 290 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 16 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| 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 | |
| 97.2 to 98.1 |
| 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 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |