SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1108 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and SAE-AISI 1108 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% 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 52100 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1108 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 110 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 23 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 170 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 380 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 220 to 360 |
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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 95 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 130 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 12 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 98.9 to 99.24 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |