EN 1.1191 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1140 Steel
Both EN 1.1191 steel and SAE-AISI 1140 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 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1140 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
170 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
14 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 290 | |
230 to 370 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 430 | |
370 to 420 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 700 | |
600 to 700 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 440 | |
340 to 570 |
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 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.0 |
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 | 1.4 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
89 to 93 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 510 | |
310 to 870 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
21 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
20 to 22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
18 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
0.37 to 0.44 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.08 | |
98.4 to 98.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0.7 to 1.0 |
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 | |
0.080 to 0.13 |