Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 201LN Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 25 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 530 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 740 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 350 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 310 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 27 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 16 to 23 |