Grade CW12MW Nickel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel
Grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6220 steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 CW12MW nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6220 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.5 to 7.5 | |
| 96.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.2 to 60.1 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| 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 |