AISI 202 Stainless Steel vs. N10629 Nickel
AISI 202 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N10629 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 AISI 202 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N10629 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 590 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 980 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 580 | |
| 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 840 | |
| 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.5 to 71.5 | |
| 1.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 65 to 72.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |