SAE-AISI 1060 Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1060 steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 SAE-AISI 1060 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 13 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 340 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 51 | |
| 56 to 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 450 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 740 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 82 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 790 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.55 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |