Annealed SAE-AISI H41 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI H43
Both annealed SAE-AISI H41 and annealed SAE-AISI H43 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI H41 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI H43.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 210 |
| 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 | 710 | |
| 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 97 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 31 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 85 | |
| 83.2 to 85.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.2 to 9.2 | |
| 7.8 to 8.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.4 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |