Annealed SAE-AISI H22 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI M6
Both annealed SAE-AISI H22 and annealed SAE-AISI M6 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI H22 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI M6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 250 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 840 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1560 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1510 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 440 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 17 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 39 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.4 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 8.0 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 120 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 72 | |
| 160 | 
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 28 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 28 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.2 | |
| 4.7 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 26 | 
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 3.8 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 | 
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.2 to 87.4 | |
| 68.8 to 74.6 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 | 
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 | 
| Tungsten (W), % | 10 to 11.8 | |
| 3.8 to 4.8 | 
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |