SAE-AISI T5 Steel vs. Solder Alloy 112
SAE-AISI T5 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 112 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T5 steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 112.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 12 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 2140 | |
| 41 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 41 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 180 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.4 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 830 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 2.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 63 | |
| 1.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 39 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.5 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 66 | |
| 3.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.6 to 68.3 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 49 to 50.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 49.5 to 50.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |