SAE-AISI 8645 Steel vs. EN 1.0535 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 8645 steel and EN 1.0535 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 8645 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0535 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 350 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 400 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 670 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 560 | |
| 340 |
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 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 69 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 840 | |
| 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.48 | |
| 0.52 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.7 | |
| 97.1 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |