N10001 Nickel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6554 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 EN 1.6554 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 780 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 550 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 810 to 1650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 94.6 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |