N06255 Nickel vs. EN 1.1132 Steel
N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.1132 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 N06255 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1132 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 12 to 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 260 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 240 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 38 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 160 to 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.13 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 24 | |
| 98.6 to 99.57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.69 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |