S45500 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 685
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 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 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 20 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |