SAE-AISI 8645 Steel vs. EN 1.7711 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 8645 steel and EN 1.7711 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 8645 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7711 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 350 | |
| 290 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 400 | |
| 440 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 670 | |
| 690 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 560 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | 39 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 840 | |
| 430 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.48 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.7 | |
| 96 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |