EN 1.1133 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1548 Steel
Both EN 1.1133 steel and SAE-AISI 1548 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1133 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1548 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 24 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 270 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 380 | |
| 440 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 620 | |
| 730 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 460 | |
| 420 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 | 1420 | |
| 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 | 8.3 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| 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 | 48 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 79 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 550 | |
| 470 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0.44 to 0.52 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.8 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.1 to 1.4 |
| 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 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |