EN 1.1191 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel
Both EN 1.1191 steel and SAE-AISI 1541 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 1541 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 260 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 430 | |
| 440 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 700 | |
| 720 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 440 | |
| 390 to 680 |
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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 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 | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
| 78 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 510 | |
| 410 to 1250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.08 | |
| 97.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 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 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |