Nickel 890 vs. AWS ER70S-A1
Nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS ER70S-A1 belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 890 and the bottom bar is AWS ER70S-A1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 47 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23.5 to 28.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17.3 to 33.9 | |
| 96.1 to 99.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40 to 45 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |