SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. ASTM Grade HT Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1552 steel and ASTM grade HT steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1552 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HT steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 250 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 4.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 400 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 840 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 650 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 98 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1130 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.47 to 0.55 | |
| 0.35 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.3 | |
| 38.2 to 51.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |