50Cr-50Ni Alloy vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while Type 2 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy and the bottom bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 44.5 to 52 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |