EN 1.5805 Steel vs. EN 1.6526 Steel
Both EN 1.5805 steel and EN 1.6526 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5805 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6526 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 170 | |
| 160 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1180 | |
| 520 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.1 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 42 | |
| 18 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 32 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 35 | |
| 15 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0.35 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 97.2 | |
| 96.6 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.65 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |