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S66286 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601

S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 40
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 410
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
76
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 630
440 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1020
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 670
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
49
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 200
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 1150
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 36
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 28
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 22
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.35
1.0 to 1.7
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 13.5 to 16
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 49.1 to 59.5
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
58 to 63
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 1.9 to 2.4
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants