SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1213 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and SAE-AISI 1213 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 SAE-AISI 1213 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 190 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 11 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 200 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 290 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
| 440 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 530 | |
| 260 to 470 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 100 | |
| 63 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 750 | |
| 180 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 98.4 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.24 to 0.33 |