60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. SAE-AISI L3 Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI L3 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 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 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI L3 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 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 600 to 2250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 21 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 20 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 95.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |