ASTM Grade HP Steel vs. SAE-AISI P3 Steel
Both ASTM grade HP steel and SAE-AISI P3 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HP steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI P3 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 410 to 1980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 2.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 82 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 16 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 14 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 28 | |
| 0.4 to 0.75 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.2 to 42.7 | |
| 96.3 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |