SAE-AISI 1547 Steel vs. Grade CY40 Nickel
SAE-AISI 1547 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade CY40 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1547 steel and the bottom bar is grade CY40 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 430 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 800 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 110 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.51 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.2 | |
| 0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 67 to 86 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |