EN 1.0456 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1030 Steel
Both EN 1.0456 steel and SAE-AISI 1030 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0456 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1030 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 130 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 26 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 220 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 280 | |
| 330 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 530 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 300 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 99 | |
| 77 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 230 | |
| 230 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 17 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.28 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.48 | |
| 98.7 to 99.12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.4 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |