Grade CW6MC Nickel vs. SAE-AISI 1060 Steel
Grade CW6MC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1060 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW6MC nickel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 260 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 620 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 400 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.3 | |
| 9.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 58 to 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 430 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 20 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.55 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 55.4 to 68.9 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |