Grade 366 Molybdenum vs. SAE-AISI H24 Steel
Grade 366 molybdenum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI H24 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 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 grade 366 molybdenum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 300 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 720 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 210 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 12 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 27 | |
| 6.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 340 | |
| 93 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 78 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.42 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 78 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 66.9 to 73 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0025 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |