EN 1.7216 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4140 Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and SAE-AISI 4140 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 280 | |
| 200 to 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 11 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 360 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
| 410 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
| 690 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 590 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 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 | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 74 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 920 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 25 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 20 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.4 | |
| 96.8 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |