EN 1.1152 Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel
Both EN 1.1152 steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1152 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 120 to 160 | |
240 to 280 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 22 | |
11 to 12 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 300 | |
360 to 500 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 550 | |
790 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 440 | |
570 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
420 |
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 | 52 | |
46 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
2.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 110 | |
87 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 530 | |
870 to 1700 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 19 | |
28 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 19 | |
24 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.22 | |
0.38 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.6 to 99.52 | |
96.4 to 98.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |