SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.7323 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.7323 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.7323 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
| 480 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
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 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 17 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 17 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 14 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 97.1 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |