EN 1.1127 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1547 Steel
Both EN 1.1127 steel and SAE-AISI 1547 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1127 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1547 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 230 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 270 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
| 440 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 790 | |
| 740 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 580 | |
| 400 to 690 |
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 | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 140 | |
| 80 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 880 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.34 to 0.42 | |
| 0.43 to 0.51 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.6 to 98.1 | |
| 97.8 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |