Grade N7M Nickel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel
Grade N7M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7362 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 1.7362 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 140 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 510 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 200 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 100 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 91.5 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.9 to 70 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |