EN 1.6580 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1065 Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and SAE-AISI 1065 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6580 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1065 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 350 | |
| 210 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 710 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 430 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 74 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 490 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 25 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |