Nickel 690 vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel
Both nickel 690 and grade CW12MW nickel are nickel alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 4.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 22 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 4.5 to 7.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 49.2 to 60.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |