SAE-AISI 1023 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4140 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1023 steel and SAE-AISI 4140 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 1023 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 140 | |
| 200 to 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 29 | |
| 11 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
| 360 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 300 | |
| 410 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 480 | |
| 690 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 410 | |
| 590 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.4 |
| 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 | 77 to 100 | |
| 74 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 450 | |
| 920 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 25 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 20 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.06 to 99.5 | |
| 96.8 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| 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 |