EN 1.5662 Steel vs. Nickel 690
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |