SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. Nickel 601
SAE-AISI 52100 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 52100 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, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |