EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 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 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 750 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |