EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1070 Steel
EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1070 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 SAE-AISI 1070 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 640 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 420 to 560 |
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 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 59 to 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 470 to 850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 21 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0.65 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10.5 to 21.2 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 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 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |