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EN 1.6554 Steel vs. Nickel 601

EN 1.6554 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 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 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 21
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 520
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 930
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550 to 790
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
49
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 150
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 810 to 1650
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 33
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 27
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0.23 to 0.28
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 97.3
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 2.0
58 to 63
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.030
0

Comparable Variants