SAE-AISI 1049 Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1049 steel and EN 1.7710 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1049 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7710 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 280 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 400 | |
| 500 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 750 | |
| 930 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 800 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 99 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 to 1090 | |
| 1680 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 27 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.46 to 0.53 | |
| 0.12 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 95.1 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |