SAE-AISI 4140 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1055 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4140 steel and SAE-AISI 1055 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 4140 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1055 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 310 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 26 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 360 to 650 | |
| 260 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 660 | |
| 440 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1080 | |
| 730 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 990 | |
| 400 to 630 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 180 | |
| 80 to 85 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 920 to 2590 | |
| 440 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 38 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 23 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.5 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 97.8 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |