SAE-AISI 1141 Steel vs. N06650 Nickel
SAE-AISI 1141 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06650 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 SAE-AISI 1141 steel and the bottom bar is N06650 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 430 | |
| 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 82 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 480 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 810 | |
| 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 700 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 110 | |
| 380 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1290 | |
| 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 98.2 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 12.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 44.4 to 58.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |