SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1020 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and SAE-AISI 1020 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 5160 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1020 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 340 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
| 180 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 240 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 72 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 2700 | |
| 150 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 99.08 to 99.52 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |