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Nickel 600 vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 35
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 300
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
76
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 570
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650 to 990
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 760
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 55
18
Density, g/cm3 8.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 250
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 31 to 180
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 1490
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 29
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 17
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 6.0 to 10
65 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 72 to 80
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2

Comparable Variants