SAE-AISI 9255 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1019 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 9255 steel and SAE-AISI 1019 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 9255 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1019 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 17 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 190 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 300 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 | |
| 470 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 250 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 160 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.51 to 0.59 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.2 to 97 | |
| 98.7 to 99.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |