ASTM Grade HL Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1536 Steel
Both ASTM grade HL steel and SAE-AISI 1536 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HL steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1536 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
180 to 200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
14 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 | |
240 to 380 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
640 to 720 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
360 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
93 to 98 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
340 to 950 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
23 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
21 to 23 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
0.3 to 0.37 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 32 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 40.8 to 53.8 | |
98 to 98.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 22 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.050 |