ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 220 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 290 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.1 to 65.4 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |