60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. ASTM A387 Grade 22 Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A387 grade 22 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 22 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 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 480 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 140 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 95.1 to 96.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 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 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |