Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. ACI-ASTM CT15C Steel
Both grade CU5MCuC nickel and ACI-ASTM CT15C steel are metals with high concentrations of iron and nickel. This makes them relatively similar, despite formally belonging to different alloy families. They have 85% 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 grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CT15C steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 6.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 88 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 93 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 40.3 to 49.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 31 to 34 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |