Quarter-hard AISI 316 vs. Quarter-hard ASTM F15
Both quarter-hard AISI 316 and quarter-hard ASTM F15 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the quarter-hard temper. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is quarter-hard AISI 316 and the bottom bar is quarter-hard ASTM F15.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 960 | |
| 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 6.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 3.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 4.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 5.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 71 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 50.3 to 56 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |