SAE-AISI 4027 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9260 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4027 steel and SAE-AISI 9260 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4027 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9260 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
260 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
420 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
660 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
380 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
45 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
7.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
2.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 | |
120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
380 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
0.56 to 0.64 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
96.1 to 96.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
0.75 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
1.8 to 2.2 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |