Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. AWS ERNiCrFe-5
Both grade CU5MCuC nickel and AWS ERNiCrFe-5 are nickel alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is AWS ERNiCrFe-5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 70 to 78.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |