K93603 Alloy vs. R30556 Alloy
Both K93603 alloy and R30556 alloy are iron alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is K93603 alloy and the bottom bar is R30556 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 810 | |
| 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 27 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 25 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.8 to 64 | |
| 20.4 to 38.2 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36 | |
| 19 to 22.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |