50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy vs. Chromium 33
Both 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and chromium 33 are otherwise unclassified metals. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and the bottom bar is chromium 33.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.2 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 84 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 25.7 to 37.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.3 to 51.6 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |