N06110 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI S5 Steel
N06110 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI S5 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06110 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 | |
| 680 to 1940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 25 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 23 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 33 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 93.6 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0.2 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 51 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |