SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. AWS E330
Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and AWS E330 are iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E330.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 75 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 40.7 to 51.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |