N06250 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1548 Steel
N06250 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1548 steel belongs to the iron 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 N06250 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1548 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 270 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 440 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 730 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 420 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 79 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 470 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.44 to 0.52 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.4 to 19.4 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 10.1 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 54 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |