Grade VDC Steel vs. ASTM A356 Grade 8
Both grade VDC steel and ASTM A356 grade 8 are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A356 grade 8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 510 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1700 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 55 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 50 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 99.35 | |
| 95.4 to 97.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |