AISI W1 Steel vs. 50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy
AISI W1 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI W1 steel and the bottom bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2320 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 83 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 50 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 85 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 47 to 52 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.73 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 43.3 to 51.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |