SAE-AISI T5 Steel vs. ASTM Grade HL Steel
Both SAE-AISI T5 steel and ASTM grade HL steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 T5 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HL steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 2140 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 37 | |
| 31 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 63 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 39 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 66 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.85 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 5.0 | |
| 28 to 32 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.6 to 68.3 | |
| 40.8 to 53.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |