EN 1.1151 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 94B17 Steel
Both EN 1.1151 steel and SAE-AISI 94B17 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1151 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 94B17 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 150 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 26 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 240 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 330 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 520 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 340 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | 50 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 100 | |
| 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 99.43 | |
| 97.1 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |