Solder Alloy 301 vs. Grade VDC Steel
Solder alloy 301 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade VDC steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 301 and the bottom bar is grade VDC steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 23 | |
| 510 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 15 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 55 | |
| 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 55 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 140 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 140 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 160 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.9 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 19 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.8 | |
| 60 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.7 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.2 | |
| 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 56.5 to 59 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 98.3 to 99.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 41 to 43 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |