Annealed Nickel 201 vs. Annealed AISI W5
Annealed nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while annealed AISI W5 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed nickel 201 and the bottom bar is annealed AISI W5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 43 | |
| 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 78 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 93 | |
| 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 78 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 24 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 96.6 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |