EN 1.7725 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
Both EN 1.7725 steel and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% 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 1.7725 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 250 to 300 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 550 | |
| 220 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1000 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 610 to 860 | |
| 290 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 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 | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 980 to 1940 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 97.5 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |