EN 1.6771 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8740 Steel
Both EN 1.6771 steel and SAE-AISI 8740 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6771 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8740 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 350 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 8.7 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 440 to 680 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1180 | |
| 580 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 1140 | |
| 380 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 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 | 46 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.2 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 93 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1460 to 3450 | |
| 390 to 850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 41 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.33 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.2 to 95 | |
| 96.5 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |