Quarter-hard AISI 304L vs. Quarter-hard Nickel 201
Quarter-hard AISI 304L belongs to the iron alloys classification, while quarter-hard nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is quarter-hard AISI 304L and the bottom bar is quarter-hard nickel 201.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 300 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 54 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 590 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 | |
| 100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 78 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 19 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 96 | |
| 60 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 | |
| 27 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |