SAE-AISI 4028 Steel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4028 steel and EN 1.6220 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4028 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6220 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 190 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 23 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 330 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 630 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 520 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 95 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 720 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 96.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.035 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |