Solder Alloy 713 vs. SAE-AISI M48 Steel
Solder alloy 713 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI M48 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 713 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M48 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 59 | |
| 890 to 2390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 62 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 18 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 300 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 2.2 | |
| 28 to 76 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.5 | |
| 23 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.7 | |
| 26 to 71 |
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), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 63.8 to 69.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 3.6 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 94.6 to 95.9 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |