EN 1.0213 Steel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel
Both EN 1.0213 steel and EN 1.5520 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0213 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 92 to 120 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 25 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 72 to 80 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 270 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 430 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 300 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| 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 | 46 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 98 | |
| 42 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 300 | |
| 240 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 15 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 14 | |
| 12 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.245 to 99.67 | |
| 97.7 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |