Annealed SAE-AISI M62 vs. Annealed R05200 Tantalum
Annealed SAE-AISI M62 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while annealed R05200 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI M62 and the bottom bar is annealed R05200 tantalum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1650 | |
| 3020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 6.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 650 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 3.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.3 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 10 to 11 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 5.8 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |