EN 1.1158 Steel vs. EN 1.5680 Steel
Both EN 1.1158 steel and EN 1.5680 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1158 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5680 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 24 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
| 310 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 28 to 40 | |
| 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 500 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 55 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 250 | |
| 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 99.38 | |
| 93.4 to 95 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 4.8 to 5.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |