Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both grade CU5MCuC nickel and N08800 stainless 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
4.5 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
150 to 390 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
500 to 1000 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1360 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
30 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
5.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
76 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
21 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
42 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
96 to 1740 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
18 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
18 to 28 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.6 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
19 to 23 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
39.5 to 50.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
30 to 35 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.6 |