Grade CW6M Nickel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S17600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 26% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6M nickel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |