EN 1.1203 Steel vs. EN 1.0580 Steel
Both EN 1.1203 steel and EN 1.0580 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1203 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0580 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 230 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 15 | |
| 5.6 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
| 340 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 780 | |
| 540 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 290 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 31 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 610 | |
| 230 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.52 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.9 | |
| 97.5 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |