EN 1.5501 Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel
Both EN 1.5501 steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 120 to 150 | |
230 to 280 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
17 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
380 to 520 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
780 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
550 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
420 |
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 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
7.6 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
3.4 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
140 to 150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
810 to 1650 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
27 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
24 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.16 | |
0.23 to 0.28 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0.7 to 0.9 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.269 | |
94.6 to 97.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 2.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |