SAE-AISI H24 Steel vs. CC380H Copper-nickel
SAE-AISI H24 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC380H copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel and the bottom bar is CC380H copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1130 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.1 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 93 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 78 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 39 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.53 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 82.4 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |