EN 1.6570 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1045 Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and SAE-AISI 1045 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1045 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 220 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 620 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 330 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 84 to 93 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 300 to 900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.43 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 98.5 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |