Annealed SAE-AISI H21 vs. Annealed Nickel 690
Annealed SAE-AISI H21 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while annealed nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 22 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 annealed SAE-AISI H21 and the bottom bar is annealed nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 | |
| 640 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1630 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 72 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.1 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.36 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.6 to 93.8 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |