EN 1.5410 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1536 Steel
Both EN 1.5410 steel and SAE-AISI 1536 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1536 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 190 | |
180 to 200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
14 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
240 to 380 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
640 to 720 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
360 to 600 |
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 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
93 to 98 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
340 to 950 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
23 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
21 to 23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
0.3 to 0.37 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
98 to 98.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
0 |