SAE-AISI 1074 Steel vs. EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel
SAE-AISI 1074 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 SAE-AISI 1074 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4889 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 350 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 820 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 94 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 550 to 860 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 0.8 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 32.5 to 37.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.8 | |
| 10.5 to 21.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 42 to 46 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |