AWS ERNiCr-3 vs. Nickel 718
Both AWS ERNiCr-3 and nickel 718 are nickel alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 AWS ERNiCr-3 and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 67 to 77.5 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |