ASTM A182 Grade FR vs. ASTM Grade HL Steel
Both ASTM A182 grade FR and ASTM grade HL steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 ASTM A182 grade FR and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HL steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.3 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 48 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 32 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 97.3 | |
| 40.8 to 53.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.2 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |