50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.0456 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 alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |