SAE-AISI 1012 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1340 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1012 steel and SAE-AISI 1340 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 SAE-AISI 1012 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1340 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 31 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 220 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 340 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 400 | |
| 540 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 300 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 93 | |
| 78 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 300 | |
| 240 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 19 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.16 to 99.6 | |
| 97.2 to 97.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |