N10001 Nickel vs. AISI 201LN Stainless Steel
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 N10001 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 25 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 530 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 740 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 350 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 310 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 27 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 67.9 to 73.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 6.4 to 7.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |