SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and EN 1.5520 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 SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 to 190 | |
120 to 170 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
11 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
210 to 300 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
290 to 340 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
410 to 1410 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 530 | |
300 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
50 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 100 | |
42 to 230 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 750 | |
240 to 600 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
15 to 50 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
16 to 36 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
12 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
0.15 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
97.7 to 98.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
0.9 to 1.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |