50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4005 stainless 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 1.4005 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 370 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.060 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 82.4 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| 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 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |