SAE-AISI S2 Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both SAE-AISI S2 steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI S2 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5662 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 | 670 to 1940 | |
| 740 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 68 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 98.1 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |