Grade CW6M Nickel vs. AISI 310S Stainless Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 310S stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6M nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 310S stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 34 to 44 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 190 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 48.3 to 57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |