MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

N10629 Nickel vs. S21640 Stainless Steel

N10629 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S21640 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is N10629 nickel and the bottom bar is S21640 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 83
78
Shear Strength, MPa 600
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 400
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1610
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
17
Density, g/cm3 9.2
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 15
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 190
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 270
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 22
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 1.5
17.5 to 19.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 2.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 1.0 to 6.0
63 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
3.5 to 6.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 26 to 30
0.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 65 to 72.4
4.0 to 6.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030