ASTM A588 Steel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel
Both ASTM A588 steel and EN 1.5520 steel are iron alloys. 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 ASTM A588 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 300 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 to 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 to 44 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 2.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 to 51 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 42 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 240 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 15 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 12 to 41 |