N08024 Nickel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
N08024 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 316N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 N08024 nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 230 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 420 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 41 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 99 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 38 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22.5 to 25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 26.6 to 38.4 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 40 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |