S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 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 S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 750 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |