R60705 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 8620 Steel
R60705 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 8620 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R60705 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 13 to 31 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 270 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 520 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 360 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.3 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 86 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 950 | |
| 340 to 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 63 | |
| 15 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 96.9 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 91 to 98 | |
| 0 |