EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. EN 1.0411 Steel
EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.0411 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4889 cast nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0411 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 12 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 270 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1160 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 43 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 190 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 13 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0.18 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10.5 to 21.2 | |
| 98.7 to 99.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42 to 46 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |