S45503 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601
S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 35% 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 (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |