R05240 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI D3 Steel
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI D3 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 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 R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D3 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 9.8 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 770 to 2050 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 480 to 1550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 97 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 28 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 2.0 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 80.3 to 87 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| 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 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |