EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. ASTM A227 Spring Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and ASTM A227 spring steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3961 alloy and the bottom bar is ASTM A227 spring steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 12 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 1030 to 1330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 1720 to 2220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 1430 to 1850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 200 to 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 61 to 79 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 41 to 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 55 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 97.4 to 99.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |