EN 1.5024 Steel vs. SAE-AISI T6 Steel
Both EN 1.5024 steel and SAE-AISI T6 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5024 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T6 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1930 | |
| 880 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1830 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1770 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 26 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 21 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 26 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.6 | |
| 55.9 to 63.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |