50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |