EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel
EN 1.4104 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4879 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4879 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 9.4 to 20.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |