SAE-AISI 1035 Steel vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel
SAE-AISI 1035 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1035 steel and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 21 | |
| 4.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 340 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 620 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 530 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 99 | |
| 22 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 740 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.6 to 99.08 | |
| 4.5 to 7.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.2 to 60.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |