Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
Grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 470 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 75.9 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |