N08020 Stainless Steel vs. N08120 Nickel
Both N08020 stainless steel and N08120 nickel are metals with high concentrations of iron and nickel. This makes them relatively similar, despite formally belonging to different alloy families. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08120 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 21 to 41.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 35 to 39 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |