Annealed SAE-AISI H10 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI P5
Both annealed SAE-AISI H10 and annealed SAE-AISI P5 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI H10 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI P5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 38 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.2 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 71 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 2.3 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 68 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 91 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.5 to 93.4 | |
| 95.7 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |