EN 1.5502 Steel vs. N06060 Nickel
EN 1.5502 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06060 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is N06060 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 82 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 330 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 1380 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 440 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 210 | |
| 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 520 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 49 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 35 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 40 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99.249 | |
| 0 to 14 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 54 to 60 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |