EN 1.1133 Steel vs. Grade CW6M Nickel
EN 1.1133 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1133 steel and the bottom bar is grade CW6M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 24 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 620 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 460 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 550 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.8 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 54.9 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |