SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1090 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and SAE-AISI 1090 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 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1090 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 190 | |
| 220 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 320 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 470 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
| 790 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 530 | |
| 520 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 100 | |
| 82 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 750 | |
| 730 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 25 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0.85 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 98 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |