EN 1.5536 Steel vs. EN 1.8201 Steel
Both EN 1.5536 steel and EN 1.8201 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5536 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8201 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 to 170 | |
190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
74 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1600 | |
630 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
450 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1500 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1450 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.8 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
7.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
36 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
59 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 57 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 39 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 47 | |
18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0.0010 to 0.0060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
0.040 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
1.9 to 2.6 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 98.7 | |
93.6 to 96.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
0.1 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.080 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.0050 to 0.060 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 1.8 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |