N10629 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1049 Steel
N10629 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1049 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 N10629 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1049 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 250 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 680 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 | |
| 370 to 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 75 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 370 to 1090 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.46 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 6.0 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 65 to 72.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |