EN 1.5410 Steel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel
Both EN 1.5410 steel and EN 1.6220 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6220 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 190 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 67 to 68 | |
| 49 to 57 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 96.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |