EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4879 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 25% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 2.4879 cast nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 9.4 to 20.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |