N08332 Stainless Steel vs. N08024 Nickel
Both N08332 stainless steel and N08024 nickel are metals with high concentrations of iron and nickel. This makes them relatively similar, despite formally belonging to different alloy families. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 N08332 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08024 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 41 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
| 99 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 38 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 22.5 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 38.3 to 48.2 | |
| 26.6 to 38.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 37 | |
| 35 to 40 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |