Grade CW6M Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1043 Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1043 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 1043 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 230 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 650 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 350 to 600 |
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 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 320 to 980 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.4 to 0.47 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| 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 |