N08221 Nickel vs. EN 1.5536 Steel
N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5536 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 29% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08221 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5536 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
460 to 1600 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 44 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
16 to 57 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
17 to 39 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
14 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0.25 to 0.3 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 22 to 33.9 | |
97.6 to 98.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.9 to 1.2 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 39 to 46 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
0 |