EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
EN 1.4542 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 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 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 20 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 860 | |
| 750 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1470 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1300 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 to 160 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4360 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 79 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |