R04295 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 1548 Steel
R04295 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1548 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 1548 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 | |
| 730 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 420 to 690 |
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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 | |
| 79 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 | |
| 470 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.44 to 0.52 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.4 |
| 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 to 0.050 |
| 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 |