SAE-AISI 4340 Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4340 steel and EN 1.6579 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4340 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 360 | |
| 260 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 22 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 740 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1280 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1150 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 170 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 3490 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 45 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 33 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 96.3 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |