N06230 Nickel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 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 N06230 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, % | 38 to 48 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 360 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 600 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 840 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 400 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 330 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 380 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 25 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.3 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
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 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 24 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.0050 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47.5 to 65.2 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |