EN 1.5510 Steel vs. EN 1.7244 Steel
Both EN 1.5510 steel and EN 1.7244 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.5510 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7244 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 190 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 62 to 72 | |
| 65 to 67 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1600 | |
| 470 to 1390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | 51 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 57 | |
| 17 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 39 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 47 | |
| 14 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.149 | |
| 96.8 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |