SAE-AISI 1022 Steel vs. ASTM Grade LC9 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1022 steel and ASTM grade LC9 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1022 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade LC9 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 160 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 26 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 45 to 54 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 550 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 450 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 65 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 530 | |
| 920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 99.12 | |
| 87.4 to 91.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |