SAE-AISI H11 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H11 steel and SAE-AISI 1080 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 SAE-AISI H11 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1080 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 | 74 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1840 | |
| 770 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 9.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 75 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 66 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 58 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.33 to 0.43 | |
| 0.75 to 0.88 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 92.5 | |
| 98.1 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.1 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |