N06058 Nickel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4006 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06058 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 52.2 to 61 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |