EN 1.3536 Steel vs. EN 1.3558 Steel
Both EN 1.3536 steel and EN 1.3558 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the spheroidized condition. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3536 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3558 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1760 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 55 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.8 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 5.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0.7 to 0.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.4 | |
| 73.7 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |