60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 1030 Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1030 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 SAE-AISI 1030 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 | |
| 530 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
| 230 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 17 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.28 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 98.7 to 99.12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.6 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 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |