Grade N7M Nickel vs. EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel
Grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4305 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 EN 1.4305 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 930 |
| 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 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 66.4 to 74.9 |
| 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 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |