SAE-AISI H24 Steel vs. SAE-AISI M7 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H24 steel and SAE-AISI M7 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M7 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 760 to 2210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1560 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 93 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 78 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 26 to 76 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 39 | |
| 23 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 24 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.53 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 82.4 | |
| 79.8 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.2 to 9.2 |
| 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 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 1.4 to 2.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |