SAE-AISI O7 Steel vs. N06110 Nickel
SAE-AISI O7 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06110 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI O7 steel and the bottom bar is N06110 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2110 | |
| 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.0 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 74 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 70 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.1 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.9 to 97.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 51 to 62 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 4.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |