SAE-AISI 1060 Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CA28MWV Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1060 steel and ACI-ASTM CA28MWV steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CA28MWV steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
| 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 13 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 340 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 51 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 740 | |
| 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 4.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 82 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 790 | |
| 1920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 40 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.55 to 0.65 | |
| 0.2 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 81.4 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |