EN 1.7362 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
Both EN 1.7362 steel and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 220 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 360 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 290 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |