ASTM A36 Carbon Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8660 Steel
Both ASTM A36 carbon steel and SAE-AISI 8660 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A36 carbon steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8660 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | 50 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 | |
| 73 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.26 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.25 to 100 | |
| 96.4 to 97.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |