SAE-AISI 1046 Steel vs. SAE-AISI T4 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1046 steel and SAE-AISI T4 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 740 | |
| 800 to 2140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1750 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 24 to 64 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 5.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 24 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 4.3 to 5.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 66.3 to 72.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |