Solder Alloy 113 vs. SAE-AISI T4 Steel
Solder alloy 113 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI T4 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 113 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 32 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 11 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 39 | |
| 800 to 2140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 40 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1750 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 170 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.5 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 800 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.8 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 24 to 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.7 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 28 | |
| 5.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.4 | |
| 24 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 4.3 to 5.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 66.3 to 72.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 53.4 to 55.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 44.5 to 45.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |