Nickel 890 vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel
Nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4542 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 890 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4542 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 5.7 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 370 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 550 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 880 to 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 580 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 47 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 62 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 880 to 4360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 31 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 29 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23.5 to 28.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17.3 to 33.9 | |
| 69.6 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40 to 45 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |