Chromium 33 vs. EN 1.7323 Steel
Chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.7323 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is chromium 33 and the bottom bar is EN 1.7323 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 | |
| 480 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 17 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 25.7 to 37.9 | |
| 97.1 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |