S31277 Stainless Steel vs. N06200 Nickel
S31277 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06200 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N06200 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.7 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 90 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.5 to 46.2 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 8.0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 26 to 28 | |
| 51 to 61.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |