EN 1.3963 Alloy vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
Both EN 1.3963 alloy and SAE-AISI 52100 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3963 alloy and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.6 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 110 | |
| 19 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.5 to 64.9 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |