EN 1.5510 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1065 Steel
Both EN 1.5510 steel and SAE-AISI 1065 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5510 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1065 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 190 | |
| 210 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 62 to 72 | |
| 34 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1600 | |
| 710 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 520 | |
| 430 to 550 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 260 | |
| 74 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 710 | |
| 490 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 57 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 39 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 47 | |
| 25 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.149 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |