SAE-AISI 1086 Steel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1086 steel and EN 1.6220 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 1086 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6220 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 870 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 580 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 84 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 890 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.8 to 0.93 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 96.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |