EN 1.5410 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1524 Steel
Both EN 1.5410 steel and SAE-AISI 1524 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1524 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 190 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 230 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 320 to 540 |
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 | 51 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 84 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 270 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 18 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.19 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |