SAE-AISI H23 Steel vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
SAE-AISI H23 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H23 steel and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1550 | |
| 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 49 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 47 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.8 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 76.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 11 to 12.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |