EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4952 Nickel
EN 1.4658 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4952 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 29% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4952 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 370 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 110 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 580 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
| 1150 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 | |
| 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 9.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 | |
| 1180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.9 to 63.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 9.5 | |
| 65 to 79.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.7 |