AWS ERNiCu-7 vs. AWS ENiCrMo-10
Both AWS ERNiCu-7 and AWS ENiCrMo-10 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the as-welded condition. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERNiCu-7 and the bottom bar is AWS ENiCrMo-10.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1280 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1240 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 18.3 to 36.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 2.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 62 to 69 | |
| 48.4 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |