AWS ENiCrMo-10 vs. AWS ENiCrMo-3
Both AWS ENiCrMo-10 and AWS ENiCrMo-3 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the as-welded condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ENiCrMo-10 and the bottom bar is AWS ENiCrMo-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22.5 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 7.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 48.4 to 63 | |
| 55 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |