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EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 242

EN 1.4903 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 242 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 242.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
220
Elongation at Break, % 20 to 21
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 330
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
84
Shear Strength, MPa 420
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 680
820
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 650
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1290
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.4
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 4.0
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
75
Density, g/cm3 7.8
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
180
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 130
300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 650
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.0
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.12
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 9.5
7.0 to 9.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 87.1 to 90.5
0 to 2.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.85 to 1.1
24 to 26
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
59.3 to 69
Niobium (Nb), % 0.060 to 0.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.030 to 0.070
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.18 to 0.25
0