S35500 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 600
S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 29% 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 (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 690 to 730 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 810 to 910 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1330 to 1490 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1200 to 1280 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3610 to 4100 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 53 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 37 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 49 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 16 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.7 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |