EN 1.0034 Steel vs. Nickel 59
EN 1.0034 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0034 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 59.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 32 | |
| 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 170 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 380 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 280 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 95 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 84 to 210 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 13 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 100 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 56.2 to 62.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |