EN 1.0033 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5155 Steel
Both EN 1.0033 steel and SAE-AISI 5155 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 EN 1.0033 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5155 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 86 to 96 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 32 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 140 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 330 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 200 | |
| 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 83 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 63 to 100 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 12 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.4 to 10 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.11 | |
| 0.51 to 0.59 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.8 to 100 | |
| 97.2 to 97.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |