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SAE-AISI 1038 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 51B60 Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1038 steel and SAE-AISI 51B60 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% 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 1038 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 51B60 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 20
12 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 350
280 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 390
390 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 640
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 540
400 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.0
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 100
73 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270 to 790
420 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 23
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 20
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.42
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 98.6 to 99.05
97 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0.75 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants