SAE-AISI T6 Steel vs. EN 1.1203 Steel
Both SAE-AISI T6 steel and EN 1.1203 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T6 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 2150 | |
| 690 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1830 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1770 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 63 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 39 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.7 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 64 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.85 | |
| 0.52 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 4.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 55.9 to 63.5 | |
| 97.1 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 18.5 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |