Full-hard ASTM F15 vs. Full-hard K93603 Alloy
Both full-hard ASTM F15 and full-hard K93603 alloy are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the full-hard temper. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is full-hard ASTM F15 and the bottom bar is full-hard K93603 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 | |
| 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.0 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 71 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.3 to 56 | |
| 61.8 to 64 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |