EN 1.5502 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1211 Steel
Both EN 1.5502 steel and SAE-AISI 1211 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1211 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 160 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 11 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 62 to 76 | |
| 40 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 330 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 1380 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 440 | |
| 260 to 460 |
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 | 52 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 210 | |
| 61 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 520 | |
| 180 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 49 | |
| 15 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 35 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 40 | |
| 14 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99.249 | |
| 98.7 to 99.23 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |