EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 2.4654 Nickel
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4654 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 1810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 50.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.080 |