Cold Finished AISI 316 vs. Cold Worked Monel K-500
Cold finished AISI 316 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while cold worked Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 31 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 cold finished AISI 316 and the bottom bar is cold worked Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 | |
| 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 50 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -50 | |
| -100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 | |
| 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |