SAE-AISI 1541 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1541 steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. 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 SAE-AISI 1541 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 220 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 480 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 790 | |
| 610 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 680 | |
| 350 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 100 | |
| 71 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 1250 | |
| 330 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |