SAE-AISI 1140 Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1140 steel and ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1140 steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 700 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 570 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 93 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 870 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 59.1 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |