SAE-AISI 51B60 Steel vs. SAE-AISI H22 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 51B60 steel and SAE-AISI H22 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 51B60 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H22 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 700 to 1920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 72 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 1.8 to 3.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.8 | |
| 82.2 to 87.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |