Grade CW6MC Nickel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
Grade CW6MC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6MC nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 9.0 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 170 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 77 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 93 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 55.4 to 68.9 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |