EN 1.5410 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel
Both EN 1.5410 steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 50B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 190 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 610 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 350 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 2.0 |
| 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 | |
| 71 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 330 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |