EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. Grade CW2M Nickel
EN 1.4303 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW2M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade CW2M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 49 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 560 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1520 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 230 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 60.1 to 70 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |