EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel vs. Grade CU5MCuC Nickel
EN 1.4655 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade CU5MCuC nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 25 | |
22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 730 | |
580 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 480 | |
270 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
310 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
980 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
460 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
45 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
110 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
230 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
31 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 580 | |
190 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
20 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
19 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
16 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
19.5 to 23.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
1.5 to 3.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 63.6 to 73.4 | |
22.2 to 37.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
2.5 to 3.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
38 to 44 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.6 to 1.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |