Grade FDSiCr Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Both grade FDSiCr steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade FDSiCr steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 580 | |
| 200 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1930 | |
| 630 to 1200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 69 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 | |
| 20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.6 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.8 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |