EN 1.5501 Steel vs. EN 1.6771 Steel
Both EN 1.5501 steel and EN 1.6771 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6771 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 150 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 8.0 to 8.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
| 440 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
| 930 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 740 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
| 75 to 93 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
| 1460 to 3450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 33 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 27 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.16 | |
| 0.27 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.269 | |
| 92.2 to 95 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |