60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. AWS E312
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS E312 belongs to the iron alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is AWS E312.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 28 to 32 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 52.3 to 63.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |