SAE-AISI 1345 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1211 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1345 steel and SAE-AISI 1211 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1345 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1211 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 11 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 440 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 730 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 620 | |
| 260 to 460 |
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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 120 | |
| 61 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 1040 | |
| 180 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 15 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 23 | |
| 14 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.48 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 97.8 | |
| 98.7 to 99.23 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |