ASTM B780 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI T5 Steel
ASTM B780 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI T5 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B780 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 590 | |
| 860 to 2140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 9.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.1 to 16 | |
| 25 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 21 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 26 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 23.5 to 25.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 60.6 to 68.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 74 to 76 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |