N07776 Nickel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N07776 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 170 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 24.5 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 60 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |