Hardened AISI 410 vs. Normalized SAE-AISI 4140
Both hardened AISI 410 and normalized SAE-AISI 4140 are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is hardened AISI 410 and the bottom bar is normalized SAE-AISI 4140.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 | |
| 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 860 | |
| 1140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 88.4 | |
| 96.8 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |