Nickel 690 vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 160 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 170 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |