AISI 317 Stainless Steel vs. Grade CW6M Nickel
AISI 317 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 37% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 317 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade CW6M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 to 55 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 330 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 260 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 68 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 15 | |
| 54.9 to 66 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |