EN 1.1181 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 81B45 Steel
Both EN 1.1181 steel and SAE-AISI 81B45 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 1.1181 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 81B45 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 160 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 20 | |
| 12 to 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 260 | |
| 250 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 340 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 540 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 350 to 560 |
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 | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| 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 | 90 to 110 | |
| 77 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 380 | |
| 320 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0.43 to 0.48 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.4 to 99.18 | |
| 97 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| 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 |