Solder Alloy 301 vs. SAE-AISI M4 Steel
Solder alloy 301 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI M4 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 solder alloy 301 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 15 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 55 | |
| 770 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 55 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 140 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 140 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 160 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.8 | |
| 26 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.7 | |
| 23 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.2 | |
| 24 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 56.5 to 59 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 75.9 to 81.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.3 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 41 to 43 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.3 to 6.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |