SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. EN 1.1147 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and EN 1.1147 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1147 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 290 | |
| 110 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 180 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 600 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 970 | |
| 390 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 840 | |
| 280 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 45 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 180 | |
| 40 to 73 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1880 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 34 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.15 to 0.19 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 98.3 to 99.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |