EN 1.5662 Steel vs. Solder Alloy 201
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 201 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 201.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 13 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 50 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 41 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 64 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 250 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 1320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 3.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 1.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 2.7 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 94 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |