Type 2 Magnetic Alloy vs. SAE-AISI A2 Steel
Both Type 2 magnetic alloy and SAE-AISI A2 steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI A2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 910 | |
| 710 to 2040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 5.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 73 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 30 | |
| 25 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 23 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 25 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 53 | |
| 89.4 to 93.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 49 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |