Heat Treated AISI 422 vs. HT C82500 Copper
Heat treated AISI 422 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while HT C82500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is heat treated AISI 422 and the bottom bar is HT C82500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 1.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 21 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1080 | |
| 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 | |
| 980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 11 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1910 | |
| 4000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 | |
| 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.3 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |