Grade CW6M Nickel vs. EN 1.3555 Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.3555 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6M nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3555 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 85.4 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 3.2 to 3.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |