Annealed SAE-AISI A9 vs. Annealed K93603 Alloy
Both annealed SAE-AISI A9 and annealed K93603 alloy are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI A9 and the bottom bar is annealed K93603 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
| 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 70 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 82 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.45 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87 to 90.5 | |
| 61.8 to 64 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |