SAE-AISI H19 Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
SAE-AISI H19 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H19 steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.5 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 59 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 4.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 4.0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.4 to 85.5 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.55 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |