N09777 Nickel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel
N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5520 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N09777 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 57 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 300 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 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 | 38 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 42 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 240 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 15 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 12 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 28.5 to 47.5 | |
| 97.7 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |