SAE-AISI H14 Steel vs. C70620 Copper-nickel
SAE-AISI H14 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C70620 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H14 steel and the bottom bar is C70620 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2030 | |
| 300 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 35 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 73 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 9.3 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 10 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 86.5 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.5 to 89.9 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 5.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |