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EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601

EN 1.4477 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 23
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420 to 490
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
76
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 580
440 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 930
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620 to 730
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
49
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940 to 1290
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 27
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 25
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
58 to 63
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants