EN 1.1158 Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel
Both EN 1.1158 steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1158 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5501 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
120 to 150 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 24 | |
12 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
180 to 270 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
270 to 310 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 500 | |
390 to 510 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 310 | |
260 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
400 |
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 | 49 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
40 to 83 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 250 | |
190 to 460 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 18 | |
14 to 18 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
15 to 18 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
11 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
0.13 to 0.16 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 99.38 | |
98.4 to 99.269 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
0.6 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |