EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN-MC21120 Magnesium
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN-MC21120 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is EN-MC21120 magnesium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 63 to 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 46 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 2.2 to 6.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 84 to 96 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 18 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 110 to 160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 130 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 990 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 26 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 59 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 990 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 5.0 to 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 180 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 31 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 43 to 53 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 11 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.3 to 9.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 88.6 to 91.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |