EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. EN 1.1181 Steel
EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.1181 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 1.1181 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 190 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 560 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 280 to 380 |
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 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 19 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10.5 to 21.2 | |
| 97.4 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42 to 46 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |