60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 29% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 580 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 230 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 140 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 66.5 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |