Grade CZ100 Nickel vs. Grade CW6MC Nickel
Both grade CZ100 nickel and grade CW6MC nickel are nickel alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CZ100 nickel and the bottom bar is grade CW6MC nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 68 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 73 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 35 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 54 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 95 to 100 | |
| 55.4 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |