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EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 201

EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 201.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
180
Elongation at Break, % 11
4.5 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 860 to 950
42 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
70
Shear Strength, MPa 1010 to 1110
270 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1690 to 1850
390 to 660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1570 to 1730
80 to 510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
65
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
11
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
230

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 210
25 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
11
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60 to 65
12 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40 to 43
13 to 19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58 to 63
11 to 19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.4 to 1.8
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 75.5
0 to 0.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.2 to 11.3
99 to 100
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants