SAE-AISI H24 Steel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H24 steel and ASTM A588 steel are iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 43 to 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.1 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 93 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 78 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 39 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 16 |