SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1330 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1552 steel and SAE-AISI 1330 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 1552 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1330 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 250 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 400 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 330 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 840 | |
| 520 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 650 | |
| 290 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| 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 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 98 | |
| 76 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1130 | |
| 230 to 990 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.47 to 0.55 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.3 | |
| 97.3 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| 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 |