EN 1.5024 Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
Both EN 1.5024 steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5024 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7233 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 470 | |
210 to 290 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1930 | |
700 to 960 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
430 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
39 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
7.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
3.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
21 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
25 to 34 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
22 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
0.39 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.6 | |
96.2 to 97.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 0.7 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.035 |