SAE-AISI 1108 Steel vs. SAE-AISI F1 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1108 steel and SAE-AISI F1 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1108 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI F1 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 440 | |
| 620 to 2320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 22 to 82 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 20 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 19 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.9 to 99.24 | |
| 95.9 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |