Grade CW12MW Nickel vs. AISI 347 Stainless Steel
Grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 347 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 34% 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 grade CW12MW nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 347 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
| 34 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 240 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 150 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.5 to 7.5 | |
| 64.1 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.2 to 60.1 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.8 to 5.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |