SAE-AISI 1022 Steel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1022 steel and ASTM A588 steel are iron alloys. 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 1022 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 160 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 26 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 340 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 550 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 450 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 43 to 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 530 | |
| 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 |