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EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 908

EN 1.4568 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4568 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, % 2.3 to 21
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
70
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 930
800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 1620
1340
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330 to 1490
930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
50
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
9.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
4.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 36 to 140
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290 to 5710
2340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 58
45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 40
33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
2.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 46
61

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.7 to 1.5
0.75 to 1.3
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.012
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
3.8 to 4.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.9 to 76.8
35.6 to 44.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.8
47 to 51
Niobium (Nb), % 0
2.7 to 3.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.2 to 1.8