EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel
EN 1.4418 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 22% 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 (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 20 | |
| 9.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 480 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1000 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 790 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1590 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 80.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 42.9 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |