50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
Both 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and 60Cr-40Ni alloy are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
220 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
0.25 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
87 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
870 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
660 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
490 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
49 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.2 | |
7.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
110 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
380 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
1000 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
16 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
31 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
26 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 47 to 52 | |
58 to 62 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 43.3 to 51.6 | |
34.5 to 42 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |