EN 1.3520 +AC Steel vs. EN 1.3576 +AC Steel
Both EN 1.3520 +AC steel and EN 1.3576 +AC steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the spheroidized condition. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3520 +AC steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3576 +AC steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
150 |
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 | 620 | |
490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
46 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
7.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
3.4 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
0.17 to 0.23 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
0.35 to 0.65 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 97.2 | |
95.5 to 97.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
1.6 to 2.0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
0 to 0.0020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.45 to 0.75 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |