ASTM Grade HN Steel vs. QE22A Magnesium
ASTM grade HN steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while QE22A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 grade HN steel and the bottom bar is QE22A magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 44 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 17 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 970 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.6 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 44.9 to 57.8 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 93.1 to 95.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Unspecified Rare Earths, % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |