N06603 Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1064 Steel
N06603 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1064 steel belongs to the iron 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 N06603 nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1064 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 12 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 430 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 720 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 470 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 79 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 600 to 630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 57.7 to 65.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.010 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0.010 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.010 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |