N08120 Nickel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both N08120 nickel and N08800 stainless steel are metals with high concentrations of iron and nickel. This makes them relatively similar, despite formally belonging to different alloy families. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 4.5 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 150 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 340 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 42 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 96 to 1740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 39.5 to 50.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |