N10001 Nickel vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 440B stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 440B stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 3.0 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 260 to 850 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 460 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 740 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 57 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 78.2 to 83.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |