N10001 Nickel vs. EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4655 stainless 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 N10001 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 720 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 450 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 510 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 63.6 to 73.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| 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 |