Grade CW6M Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1038 Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1038 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 SAE-AISI 1038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 220 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 590 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 320 to 540 |
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 | |
| 7.8 |
| 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 | |
| 83 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 270 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.35 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 98.6 to 99.05 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |