ASTM B596 Au-Cu vs. SAE-AISI S4 Steel
ASTM B596 Au-Cu belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI S4 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B596 Au-Cu and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 620 | |
| 670 to 2140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 77 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.7 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 18 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 8.5 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 9.4 | |
| 24 to 77 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 to 8.8 | |
| 22 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 20 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 89 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 95.2 to 96.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |