SAE-AISI H23 Steel vs. SAE-AISI H24 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H23 steel and SAE-AISI H24 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H23 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1550 | |
| 720 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1680 | |
| 1750 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1630 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 6.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 93 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 78 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 32 | |
| 28 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 49 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.2 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 47 | |
| 22 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0.42 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.8 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 76.7 | |
| 78 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 11 to 12.8 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |