EN 1.7711 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel
Both EN 1.7711 steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7711 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 280 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 520 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 570 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 930 | |
| 610 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 800 | |
| 350 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 33 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 140 | |
| 71 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1690 | |
| 330 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.5 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.85 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |