EN 1.7366 Steel vs. Grade CW2M Nickel
EN 1.7366 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW2M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7366 steel and the bottom bar is grade CW2M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 710 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 480 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1520 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 600 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.9 to 95.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 15 to 17.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 60.1 to 70 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |