ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
Both ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co and Type 1 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 880 | |
| 500 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | 430 | |
| 440 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.0 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.2 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 71 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 29 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 32 to 55 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.3 to 56 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |