SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. EN 1.6563 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and EN 1.6563 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6563 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 620 to 1850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 22 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 21 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 18 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0.38 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 94.9 to 96.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |