EN 1.5501 Steel vs. EN 1.7336 Steel
Both EN 1.5501 steel and EN 1.7336 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.7336 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 120 to 150 | |
180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 270 | |
240 to 310 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 310 | |
370 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
590 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
340 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
430 |
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 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
7.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
3.1 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
21 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
110 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
310 to 510 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
17 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.16 | |
0 to 0.17 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 1.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.269 | |
95.6 to 97.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
0.4 to 0.65 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.45 to 0.65 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.012 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0.5 to 0.8 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.0050 |