SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1340 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1552 steel and SAE-AISI 1340 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 (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1552 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1340 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 250 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 400 | |
| 220 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 340 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 840 | |
| 540 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 650 | |
| 300 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| 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 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 98 | |
| 78 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1130 | |
| 240 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 19 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.47 to 0.55 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.3 | |
| 97.2 to 97.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |