SAE-AISI H43 Steel vs. AWS E33-31
Both SAE-AISI H43 steel and AWS E33-31 are iron alloys. They have a modest 36% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H43 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E33-31.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2140 | |
| 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 86 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 44 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 75 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 62 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 85.9 | |
| 24.7 to 34.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 7.8 to 8.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 32 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |