EN 1.1203 Steel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel
Both EN 1.1203 steel and EN 1.7383 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1203 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7383 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 230 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 15 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
| 350 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 780 | |
| 560 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 300 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 610 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.52 to 0.6 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.9 | |
| 94.3 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |