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S41050 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 684

S41050 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 S41050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 684.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
310
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Shear Strength, MPa 300
710
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
1190
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 720
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1370
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
75
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 97
360

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
1610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
34

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
2.5 to 3.3
Boron (B), % 0
0.0030 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 12.5
15 to 20
Cobalt (Co), % 0
13 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 84.2 to 88.9
0 to 4.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.6 to 1.1
42.7 to 64
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
2.5 to 3.3