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AISI 430 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 59

AISI 430 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 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 430 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 59.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
220
Elongation at Break, % 24
50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
84
Shear Strength, MPa 320
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
430
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
65
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.1
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 30
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
22 to 24
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 79.1 to 84
0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
15 to 16.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
56.2 to 62.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010