N06110 Nickel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
N06110 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 38% 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 N06110 nickel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 53 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1020 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 33 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 51 to 62 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| 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 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |