MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 303 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601

AISI 303 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40 to 51
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 360
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 470
440 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 690
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 420
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
49
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 440
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 67.3 to 74.9
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
58 to 63
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.2
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants