MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Nickel 600 vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel

Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 50B60 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 600 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 35
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 300
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
72
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 570
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650 to 990
610 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 760
350 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.8
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
2.0
Density, g/cm3 8.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 250
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 31 to 180
71 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 1490
330 to 750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
20 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 29
20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 17
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 6.0 to 10
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.75 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 72 to 80
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants