EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 686
EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 686 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 686.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 49.5 to 63 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.25 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |