Nickel 690 vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 410Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 22% 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 730 |
| 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 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |