EN 1.6580 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1021 Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and SAE-AISI 1021 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6580 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1021 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 350 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 310 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 480 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 260 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 84 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 180 to 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 15 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 98.8 to 99.22 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |