Grade CW6M Nickel vs. SAE-AISI T5 Steel
Grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI T5 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 SAE-AISI T5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 860 to 2140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1750 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 25 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 21 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 26 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 3.8 to 5.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 60.6 to 68.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 17 to 20 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54.9 to 66 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.4 |