Annealed SAE-AISI A7 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI H10
Both annealed SAE-AISI A7 and annealed SAE-AISI H10 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI A7 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI H10.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 71 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.0 to 2.9 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.0 to 5.8 | |
| 3.0 to 3.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.4 to 87.7 | |
| 89.5 to 93.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.25 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.9 to 5.2 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |