SAE-AISI H19 Steel vs. SAE-AISI M43 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H19 steel and SAE-AISI M43 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H19 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M43 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 810 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 27 to 77 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.9 | |
| 5.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 59 | |
| 25 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.45 | |
| 1.2 to 1.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 4.8 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 4.0 to 4.5 | |
| 7.8 to 8.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.4 to 85.5 | |
| 70.8 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.55 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.65 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 2.3 to 3.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |