EN 1.8836 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
Both EN 1.8836 steel and SAE-AISI 52100 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8836 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.054 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 99.985 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.8 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.027 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |