N06250 Nickel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
N06250 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while N08800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06250 nickel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 4.5 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 150 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 340 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 42 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 96 to 1740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.4 to 19.4 | |
| 39.5 to 50.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 10.1 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 54 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |