Grade N7M Nickel vs. EN 1.5507 Steel
Grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5507 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade N7M nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5507 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 450 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1590 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 16 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 17 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.080 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.21 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 97.8 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.9 to 70 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |