R04295 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 1146 Steel
R04295 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1146 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R04295 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1146 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 | |
| 670 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 360 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 260 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 | |
| 93 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 | |
| 340 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.42 to 0.49 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 85.9 to 90.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |