ASTM A182 Grade F10 vs. SAE-AISI L2 Steel
Both ASTM A182 grade F10 and SAE-AISI L2 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A182 grade F10 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI L2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 590 to 1960 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 19 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0.45 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 72.4 | |
| 95.5 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.1 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |