SAE-AISI H19 Steel vs. Nickel 30
SAE-AISI H19 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 30 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 26% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 H19 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 30.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 82 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.5 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 59 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 4.8 | |
| 28 to 31.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 4.0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.0 to 2.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.4 to 85.5 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.55 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 30.2 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 1.5 to 4.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |