SAE-AISI 1345 Steel vs. EN 2.4816 Nickel
SAE-AISI 1345 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4816 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1345 steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4816 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 170 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 34 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 200 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 440 | |
| 470 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 730 | |
| 700 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 620 | |
| 270 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1150 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1370 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1320 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 15 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.7 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.8 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 55 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 9.0 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 130 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 260 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 120 | |
| 190 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 1040 | |
| 190 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 23 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 21 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.8 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 23 | |
| 20 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 | 
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.48 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 97.8 | |
| 6.0 to 10 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 80 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 | 
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |