Cold Finished SAE-AISI 5140 vs. Cold Worked Nickel 601
Cold finished SAE-AISI 5140 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while cold worked nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold finished SAE-AISI 5140 and the bottom bar is cold worked nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 | |
| 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 | |
| 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |