50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 1547 Steel
50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1547 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1547 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 740 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 | |
| 80 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.43 to 0.51 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 97.8 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| 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 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |