EN 1.7230 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Both EN 1.7230 steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 30 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 1.7230 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 220 to 270 | |
200 to 350 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 12 | |
15 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 460 | |
300 to 750 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 910 | |
630 to 1200 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 740 | |
420 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
46 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
2.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
2.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
28 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 97 | |
130 to 180 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 1460 | |
460 to 3590 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
22 to 43 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
21 to 32 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 27 | |
20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.37 | |
0.48 to 0.53 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
0.8 to 1.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 98.3 | |
96.7 to 97.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0.7 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |