EN 1.5503 Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel
Both EN 1.5503 steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% 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 1.5503 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 120 to 160 | |
150 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
21 to 22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 280 | |
140 to 250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
74 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 320 | |
320 to 370 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 520 | |
510 to 600 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 430 | |
200 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
510 |
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 | |
8.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
4.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
23 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
69 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 81 | |
90 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 490 | |
100 to 340 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 19 | |
18 to 21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
18 to 20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.2 | |
0.1 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.239 | |
91.5 to 95.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
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 0.020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.0050 |