Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |