Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6570 steel 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 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 EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |