N06455 Nickel vs. S44735 Stainless Steel
N06455 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06455 nickel and the bottom bar is S44735 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 47 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 82 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 18 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 60.7 to 68.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 3.6 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58.1 to 72 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |