SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
240 to 280 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 31 | |
11 to 12 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
360 to 500 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 400 | |
790 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 330 | |
570 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
46 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
2.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 93 | |
87 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 290 | |
870 to 1700 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
28 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
24 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0.38 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 99.18 to 99.62 | |
96.4 to 98.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.030 |