Nickel 600 vs. EN 1.5682 Steel
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.5682 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is EN 1.5682 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 88.7 to 91.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |