N09777 Nickel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel
N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N09777 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 7.4 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 210 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 410 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 590 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 230 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 30 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 99 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 130 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 19 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 28.5 to 47.5 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 42 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |