N12160 Nickel vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
N12160 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N12160 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 360 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1060 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1280 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.5 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 25 to 44.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |