Full-hard K93500 Alloy vs. Full-hard K93603 Alloy
Both full-hard K93500 alloy and full-hard K93603 alloy are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the full-hard temper. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is full-hard K93500 alloy and the bottom bar is full-hard K93603 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 | |
| 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.4 to 63 | |
| 61.8 to 64 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |