Type 1 Magnetic Alloy vs. EN 1.5508 Steel
Both Type 1 magnetic alloy and EN 1.5508 steel are iron alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 38 | |
| 11 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 830 | |
| 420 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 790 | |
| 310 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 150 | |
| 44 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1690 | |
| 260 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 28 | |
| 15 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 12 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.7 to 56.5 | |
| 97.9 to 99.199 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |