EN 1.1181 Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both EN 1.1181 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 1.1181 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 20 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 260 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 23 to 38 | |
| 43 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 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 | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 380 | |
| 580 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.4 to 99.18 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 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 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |