Annealed SAE-AISI M4 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI P3
Both annealed SAE-AISI M4 and annealed SAE-AISI P3 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 80% 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 M4 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI P3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 2.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.3 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.8 | |
| 0.4 to 0.75 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 81.4 | |
| 96.3 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.3 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 5.3 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |