SAE-AISI 1046 Steel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1046 steel and EN 1.7383 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1046 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7383 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 390 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 450 | |
| 350 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 740 | |
| 560 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 610 | |
| 300 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 95 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 990 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 94.3 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |