EN 1.7335 Steel vs. Nickel 617
EN 1.7335 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 617 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7335 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 617.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 220 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 520 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 310 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.8 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 97 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 260 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.4 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 44.5 to 62 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |