N12160 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 4012 Steel
N12160 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4012 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N12160 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4012 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 360 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1060 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1280 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.090 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.5 | |
| 98.2 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 25 to 44.4 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |