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NEMA Laminate vs. SAE-AISI 4150 Steel

NEMA laminate and SAE-AISI 4150 steel belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. NEMA laminate is a polymeric material, while SAE-AISI 4150 steel is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (31, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is NEMA laminate and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4150 steel.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.3 to 1.9
7.8
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120 to 200
420
Shear Strength, MPa 69 to 140
410 to 800
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.3 to 40
24 to 47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 50
22 to 34
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 55 to 260
660 to 1310
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.0 to 20
13