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Potassium Chloride vs. SAE-AISI 4150 Steel

Potassium chloride and SAE-AISI 4150 steel belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Potassium chloride is a ceramic 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 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (24, 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 potassium chloride and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 28
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.18
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
73

Thermal Properties

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 780
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 690
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 6.5
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 36
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.0
7.8

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.7
11