SAE-AISI 1060 Steel vs. EN 1.0558 Cast Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1060 steel and EN 1.0558 cast steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0558 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 13 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 340 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 740 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 82 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 790 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.55 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 99.935 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |