EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1330 Steel
EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1330 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 2.4680 cast nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1330 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 520 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 290 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 | |
| 76 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 230 to 990 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 97.3 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42.9 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |