AISI 429 Stainless Steel vs. N10624 Nickel
AISI 429 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N10624 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 429 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N10624 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 78 | |
| 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1520 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 86 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 53.9 to 68 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |