N08120 Nickel vs. EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel
N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4424 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08120 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 350 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 480 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 29 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 580 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 68.6 to 72.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 4.5 to 5.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.4 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |