Grade CW6MC Nickel vs. Grade M30C Nickel
Both grade CW6MC nickel and grade M30C nickel are nickel alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6MC nickel and the bottom bar is grade M30C nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 61 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1290 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 5.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 3.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 55.4 to 68.9 | |
| 56.6 to 72 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.5 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |