60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. EN 1.5522 Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.5522 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 EN 1.5522 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 | |
| 450 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 300 to 520 |
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 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 250 to 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 16 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 17 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 13 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 98 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| 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 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |