SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. AWS E310
Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and AWS E310 are iron alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E310.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 970 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 34 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.080 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 44.5 to 53.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |