MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.5503 Steel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel

Both EN 1.5503 steel and EN 1.5520 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5503 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
120 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 280
210 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 63 to 72
62 to 75
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
73
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 320
290 to 340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 520
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 430
300 to 480

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 52
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 81
42 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 490
240 to 600
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 19
15 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 15
12 to 41

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.16 to 0.2
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.239
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0.9 to 1.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants