Grade CW6M Nickel vs. EN 1.0434 Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.0434 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6M nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0434 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 12 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 390 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 250 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 39 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 170 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.15 to 0.19 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 98.8 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.65 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |