S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 685
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 27% 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 S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |