S43037 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel
S43037 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S43037 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 9.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.9 to 83.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 42.9 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |