N06230 Nickel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06230 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 38 to 48 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 360 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 600 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 840 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 400 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 330 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 380 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 24 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.0050 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47.5 to 65.2 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |