S13800 Stainless Steel vs. Grade N12MV Nickel
S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 60.2 to 69.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |