EN 1.1191 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8645 Steel
Both EN 1.1191 steel and SAE-AISI 8645 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8645 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 430 | |
| 380 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 700 | |
| 600 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 440 | |
| 390 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 | 48 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 2.6 |
| 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 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
| 77 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 510 | |
| 420 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0.43 to 0.48 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.08 | |
| 96.5 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| 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 |