S15500 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601
S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 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 S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |