SAE-AISI H21 Steel vs. EN 1.5408 Steel
Both SAE-AISI H21 steel and EN 1.5408 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H21 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5408 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1790 | |
| 460 to 1620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1630 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1580 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 72 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 58 | |
| 16 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 38 | |
| 17 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 59 | |
| 13 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.36 | |
| 0.28 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.6 to 93.8 | |
| 97.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |