EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel vs. Grade CW2M Nickel
EN 1.4482 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW2M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 21% 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4482 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, % | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 570 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1520 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 to 250 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 820 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 21.5 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.1 to 74.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 60.1 to 70 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |