EN 1.0456 Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both EN 1.0456 steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0456 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 130 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 26 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 220 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 to 45 | |
| 43 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 280 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 300 | |
| 460 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 99 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 230 | |
| 580 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.48 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.4 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |