N06455 Nickel vs. EN 1.3515 Steel
N06455 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.3515 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06455 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3515 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 500 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 15 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 18 | |
| 0.4 to 0.75 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 97.3 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58.1 to 72 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |