R60706 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI T8 Steel
R60706 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI T8 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 R60706 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T8 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 780 to 2140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.5 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 67 | |
| 24 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 4.3 to 5.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 69.3 to 75.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13.3 to 14.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.4 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 91 to 98 | |
| 0 |