EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1345 Steel
EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1345 steel belongs to the iron alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4851 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1345 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 170 to 210 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 23 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 230 to 390 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 370 to 440 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 590 to 730 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 330 to 620 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 400 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1450 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1410 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 51 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 7.2 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.3 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 1.9 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 1.4 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 19 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 48 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 78 to 120 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 290 to 1040 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 26 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 23 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 14 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 23 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 | 
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 | 
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.1 | |
| 0.43 to 0.48 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 18 | |
| 97.2 to 97.8 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 0 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 | 
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |