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SAE-AISI 1548 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1548 steel and SAE-AISI 5140 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 1548 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 250
170 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 16
12 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 430
220 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 500
360 to 600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 830
560 to 970
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 420 to 690
290 to 840

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
420
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 51
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
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 19
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 79 to 99
76 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470 to 1280
220 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 30
20 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 25
19 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 27
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.44 to 0.52
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 98.5
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 1.1 to 1.4
0.7 to 0.9
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