EN 1.7711 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Both EN 1.7711 steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7711 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 280 | |
| 200 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 15 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 520 | |
| 300 to 750 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 570 | |
| 400 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 930 | |
| 630 to 1200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 800 | |
| 420 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 33 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 140 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1690 | |
| 460 to 3590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.5 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.85 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 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 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |