EN 1.3533 Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
EN 1.3533 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy 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 EN 1.3533 steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1420 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 60 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 50 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 42 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.9 to 94.9 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.3 to 3.8 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |