SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. EN 1.0477 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and EN 1.0477 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0477 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 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 | 47 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 96.9 to 99.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0.6 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |