N06210 Nickel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel
N06210 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ASTM A387 grade 9 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 N06210 nickel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 310 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 17 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 87 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 83 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 140 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 87.1 to 90.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.8 to 62.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 1.5 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |