R05240 Alloy vs. Grade VDC Steel
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade VDC steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is grade VDC steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 98.3 to 99.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |