Grade CW6M Nickel vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel
Both grade CW6M nickel and grade CW12MW nickel are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the heat treated (HT) condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6M nickel and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 4.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 22 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 4.5 to 7.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 49.2 to 60.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |