Nickel 30 vs. SAE-AISI M50 Steel
Nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M50 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 24% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 30 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M50 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 720 to 2250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 83 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 26 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.78 to 0.88 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 31.5 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 2.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 13 to 17 | |
| 87 to 90.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 3.9 to 4.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30.2 to 52.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |