60Cr-40Ni Alloy vs. S15700 Stainless Steel
60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
1180 to 1890 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
500 to 1770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
290 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1000 | |
640 to 4660 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
42 to 67 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
32 to 43 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
39 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0.75 to 1.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 58 to 62 | |
14 to 16 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
69.6 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 34.5 to 42 | |
6.5 to 7.7 |
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 |