SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.1191 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.1191 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1191 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 210 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 520 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
| 630 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 590 | |
| 310 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 84 | |
| 83 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 920 | |
| 260 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 97.3 to 99.08 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |