Nickel 200 vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel
Nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 321 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is AISI 321 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 34 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 350 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 340 | |
| 420 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 590 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 220 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 190 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 to 370 | |
| 130 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 65.3 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |