SAE-AISI 1060 Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both SAE-AISI 1060 steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3961 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 13 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 450 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 740 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 82 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 790 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.55 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |