Comparisons of Materials
Comparisons of Materials
Comparisons of Materials
Values represent high and low sides of a range of typical values. Value at room temperature only. Value for a temperature range between room temperature and 212-750F/100-390C Value for a temperature range between room temperature and 1000-1800F/540-980C Value for a temperature range between room temperature and 2200-2875F/1205-1580C Reprinted with permission from "Materials Selector", Reinhold Publishing Co., Penton/IPC. (* or mm/mm) 10-6 in./in.*/F 10-5 in./in.*/C Material
Zinc & its Alloys Lead & its Alloys Magnesium Alloys Aluminum & its Alloys Tin & its Alloys Tin & Aluminum Brasses Plain & Leaded Brasses Silver Cr-Ni-Fe Superalloys Heat Resistant Alloys (cast) Nodular or Ductile Irons (cast) Stainless Steels (cast) Tin Bronzes (cast) Austenitic Stainless Steels Phosphor Silicon Bronzes Coppers Nickel-Base Superalloys Aluminum Bronzes (cast) Cobalt-Base Superalloys Beryllium Copper
High 19.3 16.3 16 13.7 13 11.8 11.6 10.9 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.2 9.8 9.8 9.5 9.4 9.3
Low 10.8 14.4 14 11.7 10.3 10 9.2 6.4 6.6 6.4 10 9 9.6 7.7 9 6.8 9 6.8
High 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Low 1.9 2.6 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.2
9.2
Cr-Ni-Co-Fe Superalloys Alloy Steels Carbon Free-Cutting Steels Alloy Steels (cast) Gold High Temperature Steels Ultra High Strength Steels Malleable Irons Titanium Carbide Cermet Wrought Irons Titanium & its Alloys Cobalt Martensitic Stainless Steels Nitriding Steels Palladium Beryllium Chromium Carbide Cermet Thorium Ferritic Stainless Steels Gray Irons (cast) Beryllium Carbide
8 6.3 8.1
8 5.5
6.3
1.4
1.1
7.6 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2 6 6 5.8
1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
5.8 5.8
1.0 1.0
Low Expansion Nickel Alloys 5.5 Beryllia &, Thoria Alumina Cermets Molybdenum Disilicide Ruthenium Platinum Vanadium Rhodium Tantalum Carbide Boron Nitride Columbium & its Alloys Titanium Carbide Steatite
1.5 4.7
1.0 .9 .9 .9 .9 .9 .9 .8 .8 .8
.3 .8
5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.1 4 3.3 3.8
.7 .7 .7
.68 .6
Tungsten Carbide Cermet Iridium Alumina Ceramics Zirconium Carbide Osmium and Tantalum Zirconium & its Alloys Hafnium Zirconia Molybdenum & its Alloys Silicon Carbide Tungsten Electrical Ceramics Zircon Boron Carbide Carbon and Graphite
3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.4 2.2 2 1.8 1.7 1.5
2.5 3.1
.7 .7 .7 .7 .6
.4 .6
3.1
.6 .6 .6
.55
2.7 2.2
.6 .4 .4 .4
.5 .39
1.3 1.3
.3 .3 .3
.2 .2