EN 1.6570 Steel vs. SAE-AISI H42 Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and SAE-AISI H42 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 700 to 1980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 98 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 31 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 23 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 20 to 57 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.55 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 79.3 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |