50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.7233 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 1.7233 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 380 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 380 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 25 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.39 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 96.2 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 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 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |