S45500 Stainless Steel vs. N06230 Nickel
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06230 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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N06230 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 38 to 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 250 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 420 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 620 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 330 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 47.5 to 65.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |