S20910 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 34 to 64 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |