Grade CW2M Nickel vs. EN 1.6526 Steel
Grade CW2M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6526 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW2M nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6526 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 520 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1520 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 96.6 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 15 to 17.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.1 to 70 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |