Quenched And Tempered SAE-AISI 4140 vs. EN 1.1203 +QT Steel
Both quenched and tempered SAE-AISI 4140 and EN 1.1203 +QT steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the quenched and tempered condition. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is quenched and tempered SAE-AISI 4140 and the bottom bar is EN 1.1203 +QT steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 310 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 650 | |
| 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1080 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 990 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2590 | |
| 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.52 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 97.8 | |
| 97.1 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |