Grade N7M Nickel vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel
Grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 grade N7M nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 7.8 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 200 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 580 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 230 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 83 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 140 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 65 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.9 to 70 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |