SAE-AISI F2 Steel vs. AWS E2595
Both SAE-AISI F2 steel and AWS E2595 are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI F2 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E2595.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2360 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1520 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.5 | |
| 42 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 81 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 49 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 71 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.2 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.6 to 95.4 | |
| 51.4 to 64.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.0 to 4.5 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |