MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. N06058 Nickel

EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N06058 nickel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
220
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 17
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 520
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
86
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 630
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870 to 1030
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 640 to 870
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1540
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1490
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
9.8
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
70
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
13
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1050 to 1920
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 37
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 29
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
2.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 35
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
20 to 23
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 80.5 to 84.8
0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
19 to 21
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
52.2 to 61
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.040
0.020 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.3
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0