EN 1.6553 Steel vs. Grade CU5MCuC Nickel
EN 1.6553 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 1.6553 steel and the bottom bar is grade CU5MCuC nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 21 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 460 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 670 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.7 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1190 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 19.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.6 to 98.2 | |
| 22.2 to 37.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 38 to 44 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |