EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
EN 2.4879 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4879 cast nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.4 to 20.7 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 50 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |