SAE-AISI T1 Steel vs. SAE-AISI H41 Steel
Both SAE-AISI T1 steel and SAE-AISI H41 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T1 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H41 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2130 | |
| 710 to 2210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1560 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 97 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 64 | |
| 24 to 76 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 40 | |
| 22 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 64 | |
| 20 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.65 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.2 | |
| 81.8 to 85 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.2 to 9.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.3 to 18.8 | |
| 1.4 to 2.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |