60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 81B45 Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 81B45 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 81B45 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 540 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 350 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 320 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.43 to 0.48 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 97 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |