SAE-AISI 1055 Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
SAE-AISI 1055 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1055 steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
2.0 to 40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 390 | |
220 to 400 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.31 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 450 | |
420 to 630 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 750 | |
620 to 1100 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 630 | |
270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
440 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
60 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
10 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
210 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 85 | |
22 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 1070 | |
190 to 2840 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
12 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
19 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
18 to 27 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
9.5 to 17.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 6.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
79 to 82 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.020 |