ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1042 Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 9 steel and SAE-AISI 1042 steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1042 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 380 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 600 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 340 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 87 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 110 | |
| 87 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 310 | |
| 320 to 900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.4 to 0.47 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.8 | |
| 98.5 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |