Nickel 242 vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Nickel 242 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 316N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 24% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 242 and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 | |
| 420 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 820 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 59.3 to 69 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |