N08120 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1055 Steel
N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1055 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 32% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 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 SAE-AISI 1055 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 260 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 440 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 730 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 400 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 80 to 85 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 440 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 23 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0.5 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |