N08221 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1074 Steel
N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1074 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08221 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1074 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 | 190 | |
| 290 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 440 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
| 740 to 820 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 450 to 570 |
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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 44 | |
| 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 550 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.7 to 0.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22 to 33.9 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 39 to 46 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |