EN 1.5024 Steel vs. EN 1.8062 Steel
Both EN 1.5024 steel and EN 1.8062 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5024 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8062 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 470 | |
| 200 to 510 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1930 | |
| 660 to 1910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 24 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 22 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 20 to 57 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.6 | |
| 95.9 to 97.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |