Annealed SAE-AISI F1 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI H10
Both annealed SAE-AISI F1 and annealed SAE-AISI H10 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI F1 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI H10.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 210 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 21 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 270 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 430 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 680 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 390 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 38 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.0 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 9.2 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 6.5 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.4 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 48 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 71 | 
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.3 | |
| 12 | 
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 120 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 400 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 24 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 10 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 22 | 
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.8 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 98 | |
| 89.5 to 93.4 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.7 | 
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 | 
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 | 
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |