EN 1.5662 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1039 Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and SAE-AISI 1039 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1039 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 40 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 380 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 340 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 88 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 310 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.37 to 0.44 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |