ASTM Grade 150-100-7 vs. SAE-AISI 4340 Steel
Both ASTM grade 150-100-7 and SAE-AISI 4340 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade 150-100-7 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4340 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 330 | |
| 210 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 890 | |
| 430 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 | |
| 690 to 1280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 750 | |
| 470 to 1150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 | |
| 79 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1590 | |
| 590 to 3490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 22 to 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 | |
| 20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.4 to 3.8 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.6 to 94 | |
| 95.1 to 96.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |