N07776 Nickel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 301L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 37% 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 (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N07776 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 240 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 160 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 22 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 24.5 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 60 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |