EN 1.5502 Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.5502 steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 160 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 330 | |
| 340 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 1380 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 440 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 210 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 520 | |
| 150 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 49 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 35 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 40 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99.249 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |