SAE-AISI F1 Steel vs. SAE-AISI H11 Steel
Both SAE-AISI F1 steel and SAE-AISI H11 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI F1 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H11 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 2320 | |
| 690 to 1840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 5.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 75 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.3 | |
| 9.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 82 | |
| 25 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 49 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 70 | |
| 22 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0.33 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 98 | |
| 89.6 to 92.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |