EN 1.3559 Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CK35MN Steel
Both EN 1.3559 steel and ACI-ASTM CK35MN steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3559 steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CK35MN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1420 | |
| 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 36 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 42 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.8 | |
| 43.4 to 51.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 6.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.21 to 0.32 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |