SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. Thallium Bromoiodide
SAE-AISI 1010 steel and thallium bromoiodide belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. SAE-AISI 1010 steel is a metal, while thallium bromoiodide is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is thallium bromoiodide.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 12 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 0.55 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 6.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 2.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 0.5 |