SAE-AISI M47 Steel vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
Both SAE-AISI M47 steel and Type 1 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M47 steel and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 2310 | |
| 500 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.4 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 79 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 48 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 77 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 4.8 to 5.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.7 to 85 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.3 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.2 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |