SAE-AISI 1547 Steel vs. Grade N12MV Nickel
SAE-AISI 1547 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade N12MV 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 1547 steel and the bottom bar is grade N12MV nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 430 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 800 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 110 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.51 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.2 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 60.2 to 69.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |