SAE-AISI H25 Steel vs. SAE-AISI H22 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H25 steel and SAE-AISI H22 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H25 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H22 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1620 | |
| 700 to 1920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 93 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 83 | |
| 72 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 29 | |
| 21 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 50 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 34 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 49 | |
| 22 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.32 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 1.8 to 3.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.2 to 81.3 | |
| 82.2 to 87.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 10 to 11.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |