50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 440B stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 440B stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 3.0 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 740 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 57 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 78.2 to 83.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |