SAE-AISI H13 Steel vs. N06058 Nickel
SAE-AISI H13 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 21 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 H13 steel and the bottom bar is N06058 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 86 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1820 | |
| 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.0 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 78 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 65 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 65 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.8 to 92 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.1 to 1.8 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 52.2 to 61 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |