N10665 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI S5 Steel
N10665 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI S5 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N10665 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 680 to 1940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 25 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 23 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 93.6 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0.2 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 64.8 to 74 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |