60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. Nickel 718
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 nickel 718.
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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 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |