EN 1.5502 Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CN7MS Steel
Both EN 1.5502 steel and ACI-ASTM CN7MS steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CN7MS steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 160 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 1380 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 440 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 71 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 210 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 520 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 49 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 35 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 40 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99.249 | |
| 45.4 to 53.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |