EN 1.3558 Steel vs. EN 1.5701 Steel
Both EN 1.3558 steel and EN 1.5701 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3558 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5701 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 430 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 490 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1760 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 15 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.3 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 13 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 0.8 | |
| 0.090 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.9 to 4.3 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.7 to 77.6 | |
| 97.2 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |