S20910 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 19 to 46 |