N10001 Nickel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N10001 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |