N06650 Nickel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
N06650 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 38% 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 (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06650 nickel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 50 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 640 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 380 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 12 to 16 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.5 to 12.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.4 to 58.9 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |