SAE-AISI 81B45 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1151 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 81B45 steel and SAE-AISI 1151 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 81B45 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1151 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 160 to 200 | |
210 to 220 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 24 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 350 | |
260 to 410 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 400 | |
430 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 670 | |
710 to 800 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
390 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
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 | 40 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
10 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 110 | |
86 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 to 840 | |
400 to 1170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 24 | |
25 to 28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
22 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.48 | |
0.48 to 0.55 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 98 | |
98.3 to 98.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
0.7 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0.080 to 0.13 |