S66286 Stainless Steel vs. N08026 Nickel
S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N08026 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08026 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 410 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1020 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 41 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 98 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 200 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1150 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.1 to 59.5 | |
| 24.4 to 37.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 5.0 to 6.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 33 to 37.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |