SAE-AISI 9254 Steel vs. EN 1.8936 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 9254 steel and EN 1.8936 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 9254 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8936 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.51 to 0.59 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.1 to 97.1 | |
| 95.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |