S21904 Stainless Steel vs. Grade CW6M Nickel
S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 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 S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade CW6M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 54.9 to 66 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |