N09777 Nickel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ASTM A588 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 N09777 nickel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 16 |