SAE-AISI T5 Steel vs. EN 1.5511 Steel
Both SAE-AISI T5 steel and EN 1.5511 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T5 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5511 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 2140 | |
| 490 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 63 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 39 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 66 | |
| 15 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.85 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.6 to 68.3 | |
| 98.3 to 99.159 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |