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SAE-AISI 4150 Steel vs. PVF

SAE-AISI 4150 steel and PVF belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. SAE-AISI 4150 steel is a metal, while PVF is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (29, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4150 steel and the bottom bar is PVF.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.8
1.4
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
110
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
230
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
1300
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 47
13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 34
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1310
65
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 42
0.13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
0.071
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
100