SAE-AISI 8630 Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 8630 steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 8630 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 200 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 24 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 680 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 110 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 840 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 23 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.33 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 97.9 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |