SAE-AISI 5130 Steel vs. EN 1.0060 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5130 steel and EN 1.0060 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5130 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0060 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 22 | |
| 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 330 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 390 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 640 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 530 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 6.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 1.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 98 | |
| 70 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 750 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 23 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.33 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.1 | |
| 99.876 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.055 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.055 |