EN 1.4123 Stainless Steel vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel
EN 1.4123 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 25% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 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 EN 1.4123 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 810 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.2 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16.5 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 76.7 to 84.6 | |
| 4.5 to 7.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 49.2 to 60.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |