Nickel 690 vs. Chromium 33
Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is chromium 33.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 84 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 25.7 to 37.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |