Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. AWS E120C-K4
Grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS E120C-K4 belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 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 grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is AWS E120C-K4.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 92.1 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.75 to 2.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |