SAE-AISI 1025 Steel vs. ASTM A225 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1025 steel and ASTM A225 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 1025 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A225 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 140 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 28 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 280 | |
| 330 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 500 | |
| 620 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 460 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 52 |
| 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 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 110 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 470 | |
| 580 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 22 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 18 to 24 |