50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. SAE-AISI H25 Steel
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI H25 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H25 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 710 to 1620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 93 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 83 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 22 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.22 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 77.2 to 81.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |