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SAE-AISI 1023 Steel vs. Nickel 601

SAE-AISI 1023 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 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 SAE-AISI 1023 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 29
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 270
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 300
440 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430 to 480
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 410
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 53
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.9
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.0
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
49
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 100
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 450
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 17
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 17
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 15
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 99.06 to 99.5
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
58 to 63
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants