Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. AISI 303 Stainless Steel
Grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 303 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is AISI 303 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 40 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 230 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 600 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 230 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 140 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 67.3 to 74.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |