ASTM Grade HC Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CE3MN Steel
Both ASTM grade HC steel and ACI-ASTM CE3MN steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HC steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CE3MN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 96 | |
| 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 29 | |
| 43 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 21 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 | |
| 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.9 to 74 | |
| 58.1 to 65.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |