R60704 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI M46 Steel
R60704 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI M46 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R60704 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M46 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 97 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 800 to 2300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.0 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 27 to 78 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 | |
| 25 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.2 to 1.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 3.7 to 4.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.8 to 8.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 70 to 73.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.3 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 93 to 98.8 | |
| 0 |