SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8740 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and SAE-AISI 8740 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8740 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 370 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 580 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 380 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 390 to 850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 96.5 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |