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EN 1.4517 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 908

EN 1.4517 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4517 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 908.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
180
Elongation at Break, % 25
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
70
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
1340
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
50
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
9.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
4.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 740
2340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
61

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.012
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
3.8 to 4.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 3.5
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 56.7 to 65.1
35.6 to 44.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
47 to 51
Niobium (Nb), % 0
2.7 to 3.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.2 to 1.8