50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy vs. AWS BVAg-18
Both 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and AWS BVAg-18 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-18.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 82 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 30 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.2 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 930 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 4.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28.5 to 31.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.3 to 51.6 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 61 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |