SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. EN 1.1141 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and EN 1.1141 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 6150 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1141 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 350 | |
120 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 23 | |
28 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 750 | |
170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 730 | |
280 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1200 | |
420 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1160 | |
220 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
7.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
45 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
99 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3590 | |
130 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 43 | |
15 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 32 | |
16 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
13 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
0.12 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
98.8 to 99.58 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 |