SAE-AISI M4 Steel vs. 50Cr-50Ni Alloy
SAE-AISI M4 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M4 steel and the bottom bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2150 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 72 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 45 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.3 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.8 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 81.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.3 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 44.5 to 52 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 5.3 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |