60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. ASTM A231 Spring Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A231 spring steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is ASTM A231 spring steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 1790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 1570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |