N08120 Nickel vs. EN 1.7336 Steel
N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7336 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08120 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7336 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 240 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 340 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 3.2 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 310 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
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 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 95.6 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |