SAE-AISI M43 Steel vs. AWS E110C-K4
Both SAE-AISI M43 steel and AWS E110C-K4 are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 M43 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E110C-K4.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 2290 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 77 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 47 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.3 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 71 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.2 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.65 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.8 to 8.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.8 to 76 | |
| 92.1 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.75 to 2.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.3 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |