EN 1.5501 Steel vs. ASTM A302 Alloy Steel
Both EN 1.5501 steel and ASTM A302 alloy steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A302 alloy steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 150 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 350 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 39 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.2 to 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.2 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.4 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 48 to 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
| 330 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 17 to 18 |