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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel

Both EN 1.3553 steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
180 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
610 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
2.0
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0