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EN 1.5026 Steel vs. Nickel 685

EN 1.5026 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5026 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 480
350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1980
1250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
75
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
340

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 71
42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 60
37

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.2 to 1.6
Boron (B), % 0
0.0030 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.52 to 0.6
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 21
Cobalt (Co), % 0
12 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 97.3
0 to 2.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
49.6 to 62.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.6 to 2.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
2.8 to 3.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0.020 to 0.12