EN 1.6554 Steel vs. EN 1.5521 Steel
Both EN 1.6554 steel and EN 1.5521 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% 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 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5521 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 230 to 280 | |
130 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
11 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
210 to 310 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
430 to 1390 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
400 |
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 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
44 to 230 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
250 to 630 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
15 to 49 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
16 to 35 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
13 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
0.16 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
98 to 98.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0.9 to 1.2 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |