K93050 Alloy vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both K93050 alloy and ASTM A588 steel are iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is K93050 alloy and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 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 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 680 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 16 |