SAE-AISI 4817 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1345 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4817 steel and SAE-AISI 1345 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4817 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1345 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 230 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 370 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 590 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 | |
| 330 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 78 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 290 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0.43 to 0.48 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.7 to 95.9 | |
| 97.2 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.3 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |