SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. EN 1.3963 Alloy
Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and EN 1.3963 alloy are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 6150 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3963 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 23 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 730 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1200 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1160 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3590 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
| 110 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
| 60.5 to 64.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |