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EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4856 Nickel

EN 1.4923 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4856 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4856 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 21
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 440
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 590
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870 to 980
880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470 to 780
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
1.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.0
80
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
190
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 150
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 570 to 1580
440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 35
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 28
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 34
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0.18 to 0.24
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
20 to 23
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 83.5 to 87.1
0 to 5.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.2
8.0 to 10
Nickel (Ni), % 0.3 to 0.8
58 to 68.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0
3.2 to 4.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.4
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.35
0