Nickel 201 vs. AWS E316LMn
Nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS E316LMn belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 201 and the bottom bar is AWS E316LMn.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 45 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 47.5 to 59.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |