N08120 Nickel vs. S35135 Stainless Steel
Both N08120 nickel and S35135 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 a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 N08120 nickel and the bottom bar is S35135 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 94 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 37 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 13 |
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 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 28.3 to 45 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 30 to 38 |
| 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 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |