SAE-AISI T2 Steel vs. K93603 Alloy
Both SAE-AISI T2 steel and K93603 alloy are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 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 T2 steel and the bottom bar is K93603 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 | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 2150 | |
| 490 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1820 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 46 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 98 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 64 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 40 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 65 | |
| 15 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.8 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.8 to 75.8 | |
| 61.8 to 64 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |